Stamp Act: Tough-o-Meter
Stamp Act: Tough-o-Meter
(8) Snow Line
What do you get when you cross 18th Century legal writing with a level of specificity that would make an accountant blanch? You get the Stamp Act.
Taken individually, the points in the law can be a bit difficult to understand. Some of the words used aren't used the way we use them today…and some aren't used at all. Like vellum. Who has ever asked for vellum? What even is it? (It's parchment made from calfskin. And now you know.)