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- Stamp_Act_1765 abstract "The Stamp Act 1765 (short title Duties in American Colonies Act 1765; 5 George III, c. 12) imposed a direct tax by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America, and it required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies. Like previous taxes, the stamp tax had to be paid in valid British currency, not in colonial paper money. The purpose of the tax was to help pay for troops stationed in North America after the British victory in the Seven Years' War. The Americans said there was no military need for the soldiers because there were no foreign enemies and the Americans had always protected themselves against Native Americans, and suggested it was rather a matter of British patronage to surplus British officers and career soldiers who should be paid by London.The Stamp Act was very unpopular among colonists. Many colonists considered it a violation of their rights as Englishmen to be taxed without their consent—consent that only the colonial legislatures could grant. Colonial assemblies sent petitions and protests. The Stamp Act Congress held in New York City, reflecting the first significant joint colonial response to any British measure, also petitioned Parliament and the King. Local protest groups, led by colonial merchants and landowners, established connections through correspondence that created a loose coalition that extended from New England to Maryland. Protests and demonstrations initiated by the Sons of Liberty often turned violent and destructive as the masses became involved. Very soon all stamp tax distributors were intimidated into resigning their commissions, and the tax was never effectively collected.Opposition to the Stamp Act was not limited to the colonies. British merchants and manufacturers, whose exports to the colonies were threatened by colonial economic problems exacerbated by the tax, also pressured Parliament. The Act was repealed on March 18, 1766 as a matter of expedience, but Parliament affirmed its power to legislate for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever” by also passing the Declaratory Act. There followed a series of new taxes and regulations, likewise opposed by the colonists.The episode played a major role in defining the grievances and enabling the organized colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution in 1775.".
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- Stamp_Act_1765 commencement "1765-11-01".
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- Stamp_Act_1765 introducedBy George_Grenville.
- Stamp_Act_1765 introducedBy House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Stamp_Act_1765 introducedBy The_Right_Honourable.
- Stamp_Act_1765 introducedBy "(Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer & Leader of the House of Commons)".
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- Stamp_Act_1765 longTitle "An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expences of defending, protecting, and securing the same; and for amending such parts of the several acts of parliament relating to the trade and revenues of the said colonies and plantations, as direct the manner of determining and recovering the penalties and forfeitures therein mentioned.".
- Stamp_Act_1765 parliament "Parliament of Great Britain".
- Stamp_Act_1765 relatedLegislation Declaratory_Act.
- Stamp_Act_1765 repealDate "1766-03-18".
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- Stamp_Act_1765 royalAssent "1765-03-22".
- Stamp_Act_1765 shortTitle "Duties in American Colonies Act".
- Stamp_Act_1765 status "Repealed".
- Stamp_Act_1765 statuteBookChapter "5".
- Stamp_Act_1765 territorialExtent "*British America and the British West Indies".
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- Stamp_Act_1765 year "1766".
- Stamp_Act_1765 subject Category:1765_in_the_Thirteen_Colonies.
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- Stamp_Act_1765 subject Category:History_of_taxation_in_the_United_States.
- Stamp_Act_1765 subject Category:Laws_leading_to_the_American_Revolution.
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- Stamp_Act_1765 comment "The Stamp Act 1765 (short title Duties in American Colonies Act 1765; 5 George III, c. 12) imposed a direct tax by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America, and it required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies.".
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