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The Stamp Act 1765 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America . The Stamp Act required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac, and imposed special “stamp duties” on packages of playing cards and dice. The tax reached into every colonial pocket. Colonists who disobeyed the law were to be tried in the vice-admiralty courts, where convictions were probable
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The Colonies Organize To Resist Britain

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THE COLONIES ORGANIZE TO RESIST BRATAIN

  • The Stamp Act
  • March 1765
  • Prime Minister George Grenville
  • Tax
The Stamp Act 1765 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America . The Stamp Act required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac, and imposed special “stamp duties” on packages of playing cards and dice. The tax reached into every colonial pocket. Colonists who disobeyed the law were to be tried in the vice-admiralty courts, where convictions were probable
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STAMP ACT PROTESTS

  • May of 1765，defiance
  • November 1 1765.become effective
  • 1765-early 1766,the individual colonial assemblies confronted the Stamp Act measure
  • March 1766,Parliament repealed the Stamp Act;
  • on the same day, to make its power clear,Parliament issued the Declaratory Act.
When word of the Stamp Act reached the colonies in May of 1765, the colonists united in their defiance
The Stamp Act was to become effective on November 1, 1765
During 1765 and early 1766, the individual colonial assemblies confronted the Stamp Act measure
In October 1765, delegates from nine colonies met in New York City
“In March 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act; but on the same day, to make its power clear, Parliament issued the Declaratory Act.”
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THE TOWNSHEND ACTS

  • Charles townshend
  • A new method of gaining revenue from American colonies
  • Passed by Parliament in 1767
  • Indirect taxes,
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America
As a result of widespread protest in the American colonies, Parliament began to consider a motion to partially repeal the Townshend duties.[3] Most of the new taxes were repealed, but the tax on tea was retained.

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