...The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765 (colonial williamsburg.com). This was a tax that was set to all the colonists and made it so that they had to pay a tax for every piece of printed paper they used. The families were unhappy about it. They were outraged! They all wanted to break away from the British government for all of these unfair and intolerable taxes that were inhumane. Would you want to be taxed for paper? I know I wouldn’t. The British government is ridiculous. Yes, they might need to pay for the war that they just had fought, but you don’t need to punish the colonists to do so. Can you imagine how furious the colonists were at such ridiculous taxes? Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed (colonialwilliamburg.com). The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first tax put directly colonists by the British government. The act came at a time when the British Empire was in debt from the French and Indian war. The colonist argued about the acts and refused to pay. They started violent mobs and forced tax collectors into resigning. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766 because it was causing too much problems with the colonies (history.com). However, the same day, Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts, asserting that the British government had free and total legislative power over the colonies (history.com). There was a family that lived in the times of the stamp act. One of...
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...March 22, 1765, Parliament passed an act that would cause an uproar from the colonist of the new world. The Stamp Act put a tax on every piece of paper the colonist used. The colonists viewed this as “taxation without representation” and many colonist wanted to rebel or protest against this act. Right now a meeting is taking place between the leaders of the Sons of Liberty about what to do about this cruel law placed upon us by Parliament. “Violence won’t help the problem, it will only make it worse! We need to use words not actions, we need to write how we feel about the Stamp Act and send it to the King. He will have to listen to us!” cited the well known writer Benjamin Franklin. “We need to act, we already tried to write to the King and it didn’t work, he rejected our declaration and declared the colonies in full rebellion.” stated the well known leader Samuel Adams....
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...The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act passed by the British parliament, and was very unpopular among the Americans. Its purpose was to require that the Americans needed to pay a tax on every paper that was used. This Act applied to basically any type of paper, whether it was newspaper, legal documents, or maybe pamphlets. The Stamp Act benefited British troops stationed in the colonies; but it affected the Americans in a negative way. Patrick Henry who at the time was Governor of Virginia, passed the Virginia Stamp Act resolves, which proposed the idea that only the Virginia assembly could raise taxes. The Sugar Act of 1764 was passed by Prime Minister George Grenville, it introduced a much cheaper tax on all molasses that arrived in North America from the French West Indies. The tax was three pence per gallon instead of six. This tax promoted the Navigation Acts; it also gave more power to the admiralty courts, and was expected to end colonial smuggling. To the colonist it wasn’t a decrease in tax, it was an obstacle they had to overcome....
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...As a result of the French and Indian War putting Great Britain into a considerable amount of debt, Britain began to pass many acts and started to tax the colonists. The colonists reacted by creating different assemblies, refusing to listen to Britain, and wanting full independence from Great Britain. The new laws, for example the Stamp Act, created colonists to want to separate even more. The acts passed by Britain caused great tension between the mother country and the colonies which eventually led to several changes to America. One of the acts Britain established was the Stamp Act in 1765 which created numerous reactions. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper...
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...Parliament passed the “Stamp Act” to pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years’ War.” The act required us to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various papers, documents, and playing cards. We hated this, we ranged from boycotts of British goods to riots and attacks on the tax collectors. When the tax collectors came to collect taxes from the colonists, many of them would strip them down, pour hot tar over their bodies and roll them in chicken feathers. This was often being called tarred and feathered. Others would hang them from liberty trees. This was just 1/10 of the problems that occurred in the year of 1765, so Andie go grab you a cup of...
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...The first order of business after the French and Indian was, as always, money. Britain, as illustrated in Document 1, blamed the colonies for their immense war debt and believed that the colonies should contribute towards paying off the expense through taxation. Henceforth, infamous acts taxing the colonies were passed and met much resistance from the colonists. The Stamp Act was a particularly well-hated piece of legislature due to its unavoidability (all legal papers were to be taxed) and the ridiculous extent it went to (even decks of cards were taxed under the Stamp Act). British imports were boycotted, tax collectors were threatened with violence, and protests were held as a result of the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was eventually repealed...
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...The Stamp Act began to tax the American colonies to alleviate the debt of the French and Indian War. However, it sparked anger in the colonies who began to form angry mobs. Riots began to break out and they headed for the stamp officials who were responsible for enforcing the act. The colonials threatened tax collectors, destroying the homes of Thomas Hutchinson and Andrew Oliver. Hutcherson’s recall on the Stamp Act reveals the violent measures that the colonists took as a means of protest. Hutcherson describes the damage that they caused “Everything that was in the house; demolished every part of it, except the walls, as far as lay in their power; and had begun to break away from the brickwork.” Since Britain began to impose taxes without...
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...“A Colonial Family’s Reaction to the Stamp Act” Mr.Adams:“Dear, you would have never known what happened in the post office today”! Mrs.Adams:”What happened”? Mr.Adams:“When I went to the post office they made me pay an extra tax when I bought my newspaper and I don’t know why”? Mrs.Adams:”Yes they had just passed a new law called the Stamp Act”. On February 17, 1765 the Stamp Act had been passed and accepted by the Royal Assent on March 22, 1765. The Stamp Act had taken effect on November 1, 1765, the act had been passed due to the British Parliament that revenue the maintenance to the British Troops in the American colonies after the French and Indian War. In the American colonies the Stamp Act had affected them greatly, the colonist were also indebted to pay extra for the pieces of paper used on a regular basis. The Stamp Act is an imposing stamp duty which requires tax-stamped paper for all newspapers, legal documents, commercial documents, certificates, diplomas, any printed or adorned piece of paper. If the document of paper included the stamp, it showed that the Stamp Act was paid for. After the Stamp Act had been passed and the Quartering Act had become a big key play....
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...The Stamp Act of 1765 is a parliamentary act of Great Britain that touched upon the colonies of British America. This document was based on the imposition of the direct tax on the Thirteen Colonies. The main idea of this document was to make British colonies print their books, newspapers, playing cards and other printed materials on the stamped paper that was produced in London. The Crown made this decision to improve its financial condition, because the treasury of Great Britain required gold. Obviously, the Parliament decided to impose taxes on the country’s colonies. It was impossible to print the smallest announcement without the stamp of the Crown. It is natural that this policy was met violently. People were not ready to such unexpected and meaningless taxes and they protested furiously. The Stamp Act of 1765 caused severe protests in all cities of British America. People could not bear the fact that they did not have their own representatives in the Parliament of Great Britain. Consequently, they did not have the opportunity to influence the structure and character of taxation and its usefulness and sensibility. There were spontaneous demonstrations and rallies in all colonies. The biggest rally was in Boston, where furious crowd destroyed a vice governor’s mansion. Naturally, London decided to resolve this conflict and repealed this Act on 1766. It does not worth mentioning that the Parliament imposed many other similar taxes afterwards, but the colonies opposed...
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...consisted of various increases on tariffs and taxes in order to pay the debt left by The Seven Years war (Dennis Lecture notes).Tensions brewed between the colonies and the British crown due to unpopular taxes such as the tea, sugar and stamp act (Dennis Lecture notes). The Stamp Act crisis inaugurated not only a struggle for colonial liberty in relation to Great Britain but also a multisided battle...
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...We (me, mom, dad, and 1 little sister) are sitting around the dining table, having, corn, salmon, eggs, and berries, when mom brings up something I hate. The Stamp Act. Yesterday was the one week after they made it a law. Dad scolded at her when she said that everyone should say how they feel about the new law. He says that ( in a “whisper”) the word he will use to describe the law should not be heard by the children (us). So me, mom and Annabel (little sis) take our turns, then Annabel and I have to leave the room until dad is done swearing. We ate our dinner in peace after that. Since we all took our turns, I will tell you what each of us said (except dad). Mom had said “The Stamp Act was parliament’s first serious attempt to assert governmental...
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...The British enforced the 1765 Stamp Act on March 22, 1765. They did this because they were hoping to raise enough funds to defend the big new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years’ War. It said they were forced to pay a tax on every single piece of printed material such as newspapers, magazines, legal documents, playing cards, diplomas, and legal documents. It was called the Stamp Act because the colonies were supposed to buy paper from Britain that had an official stamp on it that showed they had paid the tax. The French and Indian War was fought between the British American colonies and the French, who had allied with the American Indians. It lasted from 1754 to 1763. The American colonies eventually won the war, but...
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...Colonial America is my absolute FAVORITE thing to study, maybe we can use this to compare notes. Random Facts: John Peter Zengar, publisher of the New York Weekly Journal was charged with libel in 1735 for printing negative statements about the governor. His lawyer, Alexander Hamilton convinced the jury John spoke the truth, and that was the beginning of Freedom of the Press. Stamp Act - Passed in 1765, all paper goods had to be taxed and stamped to prove it was paid. Many boycotts broke out where the colonist refused to pay the tax. Stamp agents were sometimes tarred and feathered. The British soldiers were nicknamed Redcoats who were so-called because of their red uniforms. They were also called Lobster-backs. The American soldiers used...
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...How the colonist responded to the new acts. The Colonist fought on their Liberties although they did not persuade the crown to reverse the decision. The colonist protest against the taxes before the act passed. The colonist used violence to protest against the acts and many killed in the riot. In 1764, the Sugar Act was a cut in taxes on molasses and sugar when imported from the West Indians (Schultz) The 1765 Quartering Act arranged for British military personnel to give food and shelter at the expense of the American settlers. The Quartering Acts are a direct connection to the causes of the American Revolution (Schultz). The Stamp Act was legislated in 1765 but it did not go into effect until November 1, 1765 to give colonists time to...
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...Lexi Davis Period 7 2 November 2015 Breaking Away from England’s Power The colonists used many different techniques to settle their differences between England and themselves. Some of the many techniques that were involved were those like persuasion, compromise, consensus building and negotiation. The colonists used persuasion during the passing of the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was an act that required all legal documents like business agreements and newspapers to have tax stamps. The colonists resented this strongly. They tried to persuade England to repeal this act by boycotting English goods and evading all the laws and mob violence erupted at many British ports. Colonist also used compromise when dealing with the British. They...
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