An acronym for the Dutch phrase Naamloze Vennootschap, a public company. The N.V. or NV suffix is used in the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname and the Dutch West Indies.It is also used in Indonesia, Curacao, St. Maarten and Aruba.iterally, naamloze vennootschap means nameless venture, since the shareholders in a public company can remain anonymous.
What was the Stamp Act? The Stamp Act was a tax imposed by the British government on the American colonies. British taxpayers already paid a stamp tax and Massachusetts briefly experimented with a similar law, but the Stamp Act imposed on colonial residents went further than the existing ones.
American History Documents. An Act for Granting and Applying Certain Stamp Duties and Other Duties, in the British Colonies and Plantations in America...London, Mark Baskett...1765. On March 22, 1765, the Stamp Act was passed by Parliament without debate and was to become effective November 1 of that year.