THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
SONS OF LIBERTY RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT AND BRITISH RULE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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it was a tax on stamps
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it taxed all paper documents such as newspapers, playing cards, licenses, etc.
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the stamp showed proof that the tax had been paid
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the colonists were fine with paying it
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it was eventually repealed (cancelled) by the British
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is a true statement about the Stamp Act of 1765? It revealed the Crown’s determination to raise revenue from the colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Interesting Facts About the Stamp Act They would not take colonial paper money. John Adams, future president of the United States, wrote a series of resolutions protesting the tax. The French and Indian War was called the Seven Years War in England. The British Parliament really thought that the tax was fair.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Act resulted in violent protests in America and the colonists argued that there should be “No Taxation without Representation” and that it went against the British constitution to be forced to pay a tax to which they had not agreed through representation in Parliament.
Detailed explanation-4: -Instead of levying a duty on trade goods, the Stamp Act imposed a direct tax on the colonists. Specifically, the act required that, starting in the fall of 1765, legal documents and printed materials must bear a tax stamp provided by commissioned distributors who would collect the tax in exchange for the stamp.