THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
SONS OF LIBERTY RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT AND BRITISH RULE
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The colonies should pay taxes for benefit of trade
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The colonies should pay taxes so they there are enough doctors to keep everyone healthy
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The colonies should pay taxes to keep peace and order
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The colonies should pay taxes for their protection
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The colonies should pay taxes to help England get out of debt from the French and Indian war
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Detailed explanation-1: -The British needed to station a large army in North America as a consequence and on 22 March 1765 the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which sought to raise money to pay for this army through a tax on all legal and official papers and publications circulating in the colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -This act prohibited American colonies from issuing their own currency, angering many American colonists.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Stamp Act was very unpopular among colonists. A majority considered it a violation of their rights as Englishmen to be taxed without their consent-consent that only the colonial legislatures could grant. Their slogan was “No taxation without representation".
Detailed explanation-4: -Parliament passed the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765, to pay down a national debt approaching £140, 000, 000 after defeating France in the Seven Years War (1763). A year earlier, Parliament passed the Sugar Act, their first revenue-raising measure. Both taxes promised dire consequences in a post-war economy.