WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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).

Detailed explanation-2: -In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), the British government passes the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765.

Detailed explanation-3: -Change in policy 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-4: -The Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Townshend Acts, and Intolerable Acts are four acts that contributed to the tension and unrest among colonists that ultimately led to the American Revolution. The first act was the Sugar Act, which was passed in 1764. This placed a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies.

Detailed explanation-5: -The situation worsened after 1763. Great Britain had fought a long, costly war against France-the French and Indian War-winning French territory in North America. To cover the costs of ruling these new lands and to pay off its heavy war debts, Britain placed steep taxes on the American colonies.