Essay On The Stamp Act

In March 22,1765 a crisis was brewing in the British's thirteen colonies over in North America. Britain passed the Stamp Act! A tax originally made so that Britain could pay off its debt from the French & Indian war was now being a catalyst for discussion and debate over Britain's right to tax the colonist. The Stamp Act was a necessity if Britain wanted to pay for the French & Indian war debt quickly as well as efficiently. The Stamp Act also provided the British with a good and reasonable way for Britain to tax its colonist.

After a long time coming, the 13 colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, finally won their independence against the british government on July 4th 1776. This war of independence made not only political changes for the US but also around the world. After years of tension building up, the first strike for americans to be against britain was when the British government implemented the Stamp Act. This was a tax on all stamps to help reimburse Britain for the land they acquired for the 13 colonies. The colonist weren’t all that thrilled about this tax not only because the tax was high but because they had no representation

The Stamp Act placed taxes on many products, including newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards. This angered the colonists, as they were being unjustly taxed. They refused to buy or use stamps as a sign of rebellion. Critical Thinking In justifying the Stamp Act, the British claimed that Americans should have to pay for the protection that the British supplied.

The stamp act was a tax they put on the american colonies by the british in 1765.It sayd that they had to pay a tax in all sorts of printed matiriales as newspaper,magizinez and leagel documents .It was called the stamp act because the colonies are supposed to buy paper from theMany women,such as the Daughtersof liberty in Rhode island,refused to buy British cloth.In october 1765,nine colonies sent delegates to a special gathering in New York

During the 7 Years War, the British were spending a lot of money to support their military, and they looked to fix this by adding more taxes for the colonists to pay. The colonists were already angry about their taxation situation, already dealing with the Sugar Act of 1764 and the Quartering Act of 1765. Then, Prime Minister George Grenville proposed the Stamp Tax in 1765 in order to raise revenue to support the military in their battle against the French. The Stamp Act mandated the use of stamped paper or the affixing of stamps certifying payment of tax. The majority of Americans became extremely agitated with this act as well as many others before and after the Stamp Act because they felt that their individual rights were being infringed

After the victory towards French in the Seven Years War, the political and social relationship of the colonists and Great Britain had shifted to a different direction. The colonists began to think of themselves as Americans. At that time, The British government felt that the colonies had become quite independence, and they wanted their colonies to start paying tax in order to help England pay the national debt. Not only were Americans forced to pay direct taxes, but they were also obliged to involve in strict regulatory acts such as Sugar Act and Currency Act. Sugar Act (1764) strongly affected American’s trading in which their oceanic vessels and cargos could be inspected by the British Navy and might be confiscated if the paper and the goods that being transported were in disagreement. Currency Act (1764) restricted colonial governments to print their own paper money. These two acts put some colonists in anger but they were not enough to result in civil disorder until the Stamp Act was passed. The reason that the colonists resisted government authority with the passage of the Stamp Act (1765) was because the Stamp Act collected taxes in all type of papers including newspapers, playing cards, licenses, and stamps. This outraged many colonists especially the educated and

In 1765, the Stamp Act was the second act to be made. The 13 colonies did not agree with putting the Stamp Act on paper, games, and mail. Those things had to have an act on it so that the British could see that the American had to have a Stamp Act and it proves that they had got a stamp Act done on it . With the people getting made they had gone into Boston and had said that they disagree with the act and would not like the act but the British said no and they will not get rid of the stamp act. But in order to get a stamp, you have to get a collector stamper man. The Americans were mad and had gone to Boston to attack homes and throw rocks. In 1765, they had repealed the Stamp Act. But then Boston started to put other acts on a thing like the

England made any town meeting, except authorized by the governor illegal, and housed British soldiers in select public buildings. In Massachusetts the British military governor, General Gage, ordered his 3,500 British soldiers in Boston to seize armories and storehouses in Charlestown and Cambridge. After the seizure, 20,000 colonial militiamen mobilized to protect other military supply depots and in the town of Concord the famous defensive force, the Minutemen, were organized.2 With these acts Parliament declared that Massachusetts was in open rebellion. British Secretary of State, Lord Dartmouth, quickly ordered Gage to send his soldiers on a search and destroy mission to capture colonial leaders, and military supplies in Concord. “At the same time Gage would attempt to find, capture, or kill John Hancock and Samuel Adams.”3 The stage was set for the first major engagements of the American Revolution.

One of the acts was the stamp act. This was a way to force the colonies to help pay off the war debt. The British pushed the Stamp Act through Parliament in March 1765. This act required Americans to buy paper, newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents such as wills and a marriage license strictly from

The American Revolution was not the consequence of any single event or any single legislation. It was a result of some combined factors playing against the wellbeing of the colonists and imposed upon the colonists by the British government. But a series of laws related to taxation which were passed between 1763 and 1775 can be considered as one of the most important factors which instigated the American Revolution. It was in respect of responding to such legislations that debate began on what should be the appropriate nature of such response. For opined that the response to such impractical and overburdening legislations must be vent through proper ways of discussions and deliberations while some others

On March 22, 1765 the British Parliament passed a bill called the Stamp Act. I am Adam and I am 14 years old. I just heard two people talking about the the Stamp Act that just came out of a town meeting. “What was talked about in the meeting about the Stamp Act” and got no response from them. I have to find out what that meeting was all about. A week later, I found out what the meeting was all about. It was about if we are going to pay the taxes on all the paper things or are we not. This is all about the Stamp Act from King George the third. The problem is the King is making us have taxes on every paper thing we buy such as: newspaper, notebooks, playing cards, and etc. The reason was to raise money needed for military forces and defenses. The reaction of the Stamp Act was an outburst of denunciation. “ Unlike previous Acts and Taxes imposed by the British on the colonies the Stamp Act affected everyone.” Every colony was all affected badly by the taxes.

These stamps were required on bills of sale for trade items, and on various types of commercial and legal documents, anything from playing cards to diplomas to marriage licenses. Grenville claimed that the Stamp act was needed in order to help defray the cost of keeping British troops stationed in the colonies in order to protect them. To the colonists this was an invalid answer, because the French were out of North America, and they no longer needed protection. Instead, this Act was viewed as a tax solely to make money for England: "A right to impose an internal tax on the colonies, without their consent for the single purpose of revenue, is denied..." (Document B). Also, anyone that disobeyed these laws was tried in the admiralty courts, were juries were not allows, and you were guilty until proven innocent. In response, the colonists formed the Stamp Act Congress, in which the members drew up a statement of the rights and grievances of the colonists to send to the king, however it was ignored by England. Instead, they started a steady boycott of British goods. It is after this that the colonists realized that they were being used by England, and began their cry of "no taxation without representation!" Parliament had thought that it was making easy money off of the colonies; instead it had started the fire of rebellion burning, and the Stamp Act was soon repealed.

     The passing of the Stamp Act by Parliament in 1765 caused a rush of angry protests by the colonists in British America that perhaps "aroused and unified Americans as no previous political event ever had." It levied a tax on legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, and nearly every other form of paper used in the colonies. Adding to this hardship was the need for the tax to be paid in British sterling, not in colonial paper money. Although this duty had been in effect in England for over half a century and was already in effect in several colonies in the 1750?s, it called into question the authority of Parliament over the overseas colonies that had no representation therein.

Greetings, madness is taking over the colonies. Men are screaming and women and children are crying. England has just issued the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. (history.org) My family supports the Patriots, so we have known how unfair England can be. My family is very upset about what has happened. Speaking of my family, we are the Evans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. My father Walter, and my mother, Sarah, work very hard to make our family successful. My brother Adam is eighteen and he works on my father’s shipyard. I am sixteen and I help my mother with anything she needs, but I also do my chores on my own as well. As I said before, we are Patriots and we are trying to get our representation in England. All we want currently is a spot in Parliament to represent the colonies. The Stamp Act has just made us fight harder. My family is helping the rebels, and trying to earn a spot in Parliament because we believe that our colonies are suffering due to their actions, such as the horrible Stamp Act.

My family all came to the dinner table to eat. Everybody was grabbing their food except for the dad of the family. His name was Kevin Hess. He was sitting on the couch reading the newspaper. Then the mom of my family said, ‘’Kevin why don’t you come to the table eat with us.’’