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What was the stamp act for?

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The Act was enacted in order to defray the cost of maintaining the military presence protecting the colonies. Britain also needed money to repay the suppliers from the French and Indian War, which had been very costly, even though Great Britain had been victorious in 1763.

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Because Parliament wanted to tax the colonists.

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To assert British governmental authority over the colonies during the English colonial period.

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"to raise revenue from American colonies"

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