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  1. Overview. The Stamp Act was enacted in 1765 by British Parliament. It imposed a direct tax on all printed material in the North American colonies. The most politically active segments of colonial society—printers, publishers, and lawyers—were the most negatively affected by the act.

  2. 9 de nov. de 2009 · The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament.

  3. 16 de oct. de 2020 · The lesson’s focus on the Stamp Act provides teachers with an opportunity to increase student reading comprehension and disciplinary understanding. Through analysis of primary sources—letters, declarations, and images—students will make historical interpretations of the revolutionary sparks ignited by the Stamp Act.

  4. The Stamp Act was enacted to tax American Colonies on printed materials, legal documents, newspapers and other official papers in order to offset costs incurred by the 7 Years War (French and...

  5. 30 de oct. de 2023 · A political cartoon depicting the repeal of the Stamp Act in March 1766. A child's coffin, meant to represent the act, is carried by a grief-stricken George Grenville, the main proponent of the Stamp Act.

  6. Stamp Act, (1765), in U.S. colonial history, first British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice.

  7. The Act and Its Effects. The British Parliament passed the law called the Stamp Act in 1765. The act said that people in the American colonies had to use a stamp on newspapers and legal documents. The colonists had to buy the stamp from the British government. The colonists protested the tax.