O! the Fatal Stamp! the 1765 Stamp Act Uproar

On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 the Wayne Public Library’s Lunchbox Learning Program

features Dr. Jonathan Mercantini presenting a lecture and PowerPoint program entitled: “O! the fatal Stamp! The 1765 Stamp Tax Uproar”. Parliament passed the Stamp Act for the colonies’ own protection --- Or so they thought. Instead it inflamed the colonies from top to bottom. And to this day, it’s always found on the short list of the causes of the American Revolution. How could anything as small as a stamp create such an uproar? Find out on May 8. as Dr. Jonathan Mercantini unpacks for us the infamous history of the notorious Stamp Act.

Jonathan Mercantini is Acting Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Associate Professor in Kean University’s Department of History where he has taught since 2007. He teaches a wide variety of courses: Colonial and Revolutionary America, The New Nation, Pirates in the Atlantic World, New Jersey History, and the Civil War and Reconstruction to name just a few. Prior to his appointment at Kean he taught at the University of Miami and Canisius College. He has also taught at Princeton University. He earned his Ph.D. in American History from Emory University.

Doors open at noon. The audience is invited to bring their own lunch. Coffee, tea, and cookies will be provided by The Friends of the Wayne Public Library. The program begins at 12:30 p.m.

This program is free and open to the public. The Wayne Public Library meets all ADA regulations and is a barrier free building.

This program is sponsored, in part, by the Wayne Public Library & the Friends of the Wayne Public Library and is funded, in part, by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council at Passaic County Community College, through a general operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.