It had a financial affect on the colonists. Most colonists couldn't afford to pay the taxes.
The Stamp Act was a tax on papers from Britain to the colonies. The colonists were to pay higher taxes in which they did not favor.
The stamp act affected the colonists...they had to pay taxes on all printed goods.
The British taxed stamps on American colonists, thus making the colonists spend more money that went to Britain
The Colonists feared the Stamp Act because they did not have much money, and because the Stamp Act was based on many of the Colonists daily uses.
Stamp act
The colonists would either get fined or put in jail if they did not pay the stamp tax.
colonists boycotted, sons of liberty burned down newspaper stands
The colonists
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The colonists
It is true that the Stamp Act was the first direct tax levied by England on the colonists. This happened in 1765.
they were being taxed with out being warned first.