The Stamp Act - 1765
"An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same; and for amending such parts of the several acts of parliament relating to the trade and revenues of the said colonies and plantations, as direct the manner of determining and recovering the penalties and forfeitures therein mentioned." (US History.com, 2012)
This act offended just about everybody because so many were affected by it. It proposed taxes for college degrees, lawyers' documents, newspapers, taverns, other licenses and publications. (McDowell, 1967)
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This act offended just about everybody because so many were affected by it. It proposed taxes for college degrees, lawyers' documents, newspapers, taverns, other licenses and publications. (McDowell, 1967)
Picture: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/O%21_the_fatal_Stamp.jpg