The Stamp Act

The Sugar Act was a pass by Britain in 1764 with the intention of raising revenue for Great Britain. This act was a tax imposed on sugar imports such as sugar cane and molasses. The sugar act greatly effected the production and cost of goods such as rum in New England. Being that rum was a staple commodity in New England, this did not sit well with the colonists. Part of this act was that all exports had to stop in Great Britain first and get taxed, then they were allowed to move on to other places and sell their goods. This act backfired and failed partly due to colonists evading the tax by smuggling sugar and other trade commodities and bribing government employees in charge of

a) The Stamp Act was issued in 1765 by Parliament, and it forced colonists to pay a tax on all printed documents such as newspapers, pamphlets, college diplomas, land titles, and playing cards. This tariff was created in order to cover part of the cost of stationing the British troops in America which proved to be very costly.

The Stamp Act was effective on November 1st 1765.The act was placed without a say from the colonies. Taxes were placed on playing cards and almost everything else.

Due to the Sugar and Quartering Act, the relationship with the British is strained, quickly moving to an impending confrontation because of the festering descent among the colonists. The extensively detested Sugar Act, which potentially endangered their lucrative profits from the rum trade, and the Quartering Act, which stated that the colonies would support the British troops by housing and feeding them, was at a monumental crossroad (Schultz, n.d.). However, it was the Stamp Act which would light the fuse and blow the powder keg into a full-blown revolution. The controversial Stamp Act, which was passed in 1765, mandated a tax levied on all official paper documentation forcing all printers to decide whether to stop printing or abide by using the stamped paper risking those who opposed (Mellen, 2012). This was the turning point, unifying educated and powerful opposition contributing to the Revolutionary movement.

The stamp act was a British tax enacted on the colonies by the parliament in 1765. The act taxed all paper items from important legal documents to playing cards and the stamp prices would vary by a the type and content of paper. People would have to pay the stamp distributor for their paper which was so crucial to the British government that counterfeiting stamps was punishable by death. The act was passed to pay for the French- Indian war. And although the intentions were good there was an uproar of mixed reactions all over America. The general public opposed the act and acted in violent matters and even burned one stamp distributors house down. The richer public would say that they were against those "barbaric ways" and would petition the government instead , but their outcries were ignored. The stamp collector's also

In March 1765 England passed the Stamp Act without the colonists approval. This sent all of the colonists into an outrage. The Stamp Act was a tax were all colonists would have to pay a tax on all of the British goods. England needed money to pay off war debts for the French and Indian war, which was between the French and the English, the Stamp Act would give the British money to pay off the soldiers and other people who helped in the war.

The Stamp Act was passed without debate, it aroused widespread opposition among the colonists, who argued because they were not represented

Passed in 1767, the Townshend Acts was a series of taxes intended to not only raise revenue but to also establish a method for Parliament to enforce trade regulations ("Townshend Acts (1767)"). The earlier taxes such as the Sugar and Stamp Acts had resulted in violent protests and riots ("Townshend Acts (1767)"). Therefore, Charles Townshend proposed the Townshend Acts which other than tea, taxed luxury goods such as lead, glass, and paint that only wealthy colonists could afford, so they did not expect many protests ("Townshend Acts (1767)"); “Boston Tea Party: December 16, 1773”; Crompton 3). But the smuggling of tea continued to be at an all-time high ("The Boston Tea Party: December 16, 1773"). Soon enough “tensions came to a head”, on

The Tea Act of 1773 was imposed by the British government, its main purpose was not to raise the income from the colonies but to bail out the struggling East India Company, which was a key factor in the British government. The British government granted the company a exclusive possession on the incoming and sale of tea in the colonies. The colonists had never accepted the authority of the duty on tea, and the Tea Act rekindled their opposition to it. This act was also passed because there was plenty of tea left to rot in a warehouse, so with an attempt to save the troubled enterprise the British Parliament passed the Tea Act. The act granted the company the right to ship the tea directly to the colonies and to commission agents, which had the right to sell tea in the different colonies. Later, the Tea Act effectively lowered the price of the East India Company 's tea in colonies, since they did not longer have to pay an additional tax in England.

During the middle of the 1760s, the British king was in debt because of funding for the French and Indian War. Since the king wanted to fill up his bank again, he decided to pass the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act is a law that made colonists pay taxes on printed material with a stamp on it. The tax was very little, but the colonists were still upset. They were upset because they were not represented in Parliament.

The Stamp Act: Direct Tax on the colonists by the British, every public and legal document had to have a stamp, which cost money- 3/22/1765

In 1765, The Stamp Act obstructed the colonies. The Stamp occurred on March 22, 1765. It was passed by the British Parliament thus a new tax was imposed among the citizens. The people were taxed on each piece of printed paper they used, ship's papers, licenses,legal documents,playing cards, newspapers, and other publications. All of the money collected by the Stamp Act was used to help pay the price of defending and the protection of the American frontier near Appalachian Mountains.The act was regarded as direct attempt by England to raise money within the colonies without the colonial legislatures acceptance. The citizens felt they had the right to be taxed by their representative only. All Virginians, except the ones who were voted by the

It was to Parliament but the Boston Tea Party confirmed that Massachusetts role as the core resistance to legitimate British rule. Now at this time that's when the Coercive Acts in 1774 came up which is also known as Intolerable Acts.

In 1773 British Parliament passed the Tea Act. The Tea Act bailed out the East India Company and gave them full control of importation and sales in the American colonies. The East India company wasn’t doing well so giving them control of all sales would help them.

Stamp act was a tax placed on any legal documents, newspapers, and fifty other items. It was passed in March 22nd, of 1765 and repealed in the year 1766. This attached stamp required Americans to pay additional fees for these stamps. Stamps had to be paid for with currency and not printed money. In this instance American colonist had to pay for anything that was on a piece of paper, expect for books. The people who was most effected by the Stamp Act was lawyers, ministers, printers, and merchants. The act caused riots in cities; and forced collectors to resign. Many distributors had to resign also, and without them stamps could not be sold.