EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Required colonists buy and place tax stamp on many kinds of wooden items.
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Required colonists buy and place tax stamp on many kinds of products.
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Required Natives buy and place tax stamp on many kinds of documents.
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Required colonists buy and place tax stamp on many kinds of documents.
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Detailed explanation-1: -11) 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -On March 22, 1765, British Parliament finally passed the Stamp Act or Duties in American Colonies Act. It required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper they used. The tax also included fees for playing cards, dice, and newspapers. The reaction in the colonies was immediate.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Arguing that only their own representative assemblies could tax them, the colonists insisted that the act was unconstitutional, and they resorted to mob violence to intimidate stamp collectors into resigning.