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Stamp Act, first British parliamentary attempt (in 1765) to raise revenue through direct taxation of all American colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice. It was aimed at meeting some of the defense costs resulting from Britain’s victory in the French and Indian War.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Why The Stamp Act Was Passed
- Raising Revenue
- The Roots of Colonial Resistance
- Colonists React to The Stamp Act
- The Stamp Act's Legacy
British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help replenish their finances after the costly Seven Years’ War with France. Part of the revenue from the Stamp Act would be used to maintain several regiments of British soldiers in North America to maintain peace between Native Americans and the colonists. Moreover, since colonial juries had proven notor...
The Seven Years’ War (1756-63) ended the long rivalry between France and Britain for control of North America, leaving Britain in possession of Canada and France without a footing on the continent. Victory in the war, however, had saddled the British Empire with a tremendous debt. Since the war benefited the American colonists (who had suffered 80 ...
Coming in the midst of economic hardship in the colonies, the Stamp Act aroused vehement resistance. Although most colonists continued to accept Parliament’s authority to regulate their trade, they insisted that only their representative assemblies could levy direct, internal taxes, such as the one imposed by the Stamp Act. They rejected the Britis...
Parliament pushed forward with the Stamp Act in spite of the colonists’ objections. Colonial resistance to the act mounted slowly at first, but gained momentum as the planned date of its implementation drew near. In Virginia, Patrick Henry(1736-99), whose fiery orations against British tyranny would soon make him famous, submitted a series of resol...
The end of the Stamp Act did not end Parliament’s conviction that it had the authority to impose taxes on the colonists. The British government coupled the repeal of the Stamp Act with the Declaratory Act, a reaffirmation of its power to pass any laws over the colonists that it saw fit. However, the colonists held firm to their view that Parliament...
La Ley del Sello, Ley del Timbre o Stamp Act, en inglés, de 1765 ( Duties in American Colonies Act 1765; 5 George III, c 12) fue una ley del Parlamento Británico que supuso un impuesto directo y específico para las trece colonias americanas que requería que la mayoría de los materiales impresos en las colonias se publicaran en papel sellado y pr...
30 de oct. de 2023 · The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first direct tax imposed on the 13 American colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain. It required the colonists to pay a tax on all printed materials including newspapers, legal documents, magazines, and playing cards.
- The Stamp Act was a tax imposed on the thirteen American colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain. It required the colonists to pay a tax on all...
- The American colonists resisted the Stamp Act of 1765 because they did not believe Parliament had the authority to tax them, since the colonists we...
- The Parliament of Great Britain repealed the Stamp Act on 18 March 1766, only a year after it had been passed.
Stamp Act Congress, meeting convened in New York City (October 1765) by representatives of nine of the American colonies to frame resolutions of “rights and grievances” and to petition the king of England and the British Parliament for repeal of the Stamp Act.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the “Stamp Act” to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years’ War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue ...
