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all legal documents were taxed. wills, marriage liscences, deeds, etc. were all taxed in order to be sent and/or made.
The Stamp Act was passed by British parliament in 1765. This act taxed all legal papers in the US colonies.
so that they could get money from others
The Stamp Act - It was passed into Parliament because the British needed money (taxes) from the Colonists to pay for THEIR war. The Seven Years War with the French. Americans were required to pay tax on every piece of printed paper used. Ship papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. They taxed everything they used on a regular basis.The Quartering Act - Required all Colonists to house and feed the Redcoats at their own expense.The Townsend Act - Taxed tea, sugar, glass for windows, paint...etc.
The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed legal documents, licenses, commercial contracts, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards...
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Forced colonists to harbor British soldiers Taxed legal documents Closed Boston's port Increased taxes on sugar and stamps
all legal documents were taxed. wills, marriage liscences, deeds, etc. were all taxed in order to be sent and/or made.
all legal documents were taxed. wills, marriage liscences, deeds, etc. were all taxed in order to be sent and/or made.
all legal documents were taxed. wills, marriage liscences, deeds, etc. were all taxed in order to be sent and/or made.
The British taxed all paper documents, and the colonists did not think it was fair and was angry with this law.
The Stamp Act was passed by British parliament in 1765. This act taxed all legal papers in the US colonies.
The act taxed documents such as newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents,decks of cards, and even dice. All these documents had to carry around a stamp showing the tax had been paid.
Any printed paper materials like magazines, newspapers and legal documents.
In 1765, the British Parliament passed a law stating all legal documents, newspapers, contracts and even playing cards were to be taxed. Once the taxed was paid by the colonies, each item would receive an official government stamp, or a seal, proving the payment was received.
it is silk that was not taxed by the british