THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
SONS OF LIBERTY RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT AND BRITISH RULE
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paper
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magazines
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pens
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birth certificate
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Detailed explanation-1: -Negotiable warehouse receipts not liable to stamp duty.-Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, negotiable warehouse receipts shall not be liable to stamp duty].
Detailed explanation-2: -The Stamp Act of 1765 was ratified by the British parliament under King George III. It imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England.
Detailed explanation-3: -Effect of non-registration Non-registration of a deed of adoption shall not grant any power to adopt. A document required to be registered which is not registered cannot be taken as evidence for the creation of any right, duty or liability of immovable property. That document simply becomes useless.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.