STAMP ACT OF 1765

WHAT WAS THE STAMP ACT?

• Tax that made colonists buy a stamp or seal when buying paper items. Paper items include legal documents, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets and playing cards
• It was recommended Minister Greenville
• It was passed on March 22, 1765 to start November 1, 1765.
• If the stamp was not bought, colonists could be fined or sent to jail.

EFFECT OF THE ACT

• The colonists did not approve this tax because they saw it as the first attempt to raise money by taxing the colonists directly
• The colonists protested these taxes.
• Some colonists even formed the Sons of Liberty, a secret group that is known for The Boston Tea Party (1773)

REPEALING THE ACT

• In 1765, delegates from nine colonies met to discuss the Stamp Acts.
• Everyone wanted the Stamp Act to be repealed, even London merchants.
• The Stamp Act was repealed on March 18, 1766. Shortly after, the Declaratory Acts were passed, which said that Parliament could make laws for the colonies.

CITATIONS

• http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/parliament-repeals-the-stamp-act http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/stamp_act_1765.asp http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/history/stamp-act.html http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm Social Studies Textbook Haiku Deck Images