EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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The colonists were required to pay a Stamp tax on all legal documents and papers bought and used within the colonies.
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The colonists were required to pay a tax on British postal stamps which had to be placed on all mail sent within the colonies.
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The colonists were required to pay a Stamp tax which was meant to help establish the American postal system within the colonies.
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The colonists were required ro print their own stamps to prove that they had paid the Stamp tax on any legal document issued within the colonies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. It was a direct tax imposed by the British government without the approval of the colonial legislatures and was payable in hard-to-obtain British sterling, rather than colonial currency.
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: -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-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.