EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Tea
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Stamp
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Declaratory
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Intolerable
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Detailed explanation-1: -Stamp Act of 1765 (1765) The Stamp Act of 1765 was ratified by the British parliament under King George III .
Detailed explanation-2: -Stamp Act. Parliament’s first direct tax on the American colonies, this act, like those passed in 1764, was enacted to raise money for Britain. It taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power.