Stamp act
The quartering Act required colonial assemblies to house and pay British soldiers.
their colonial assemblies
The tax on colonial newspapers was called the Stamp Act. This was a tax created by the British that made the colonists only print documents made on special stamped paper that was produced in London.
It was a "direct " tax, one that was placed on the item when it was sold. The colonists said parliament had the power to tax for the regulation of trade but only colonial assemblies elected by the colonists had the power to enact direct taxes.
The Stamp Act
stamp act ~ APEX ~ The Stamp Act created the first tax that did not go through the colonial assemblies.
stamp act ~ APEX ~ The Stamp Act created the first tax that did not go through the colonial assemblies.
The quartering Act required colonial assemblies to house and pay British soldiers.
The quartering Act required colonial assemblies to house and pay British soldiers.
quartering Act
quartering act--apex
their colonial assemblies
It violated their right to freedom
Currency act
To draw up a petition to the king protesting the stamp act. The petition declared that the right to tax the colonies belonged to the colonial assemblies, not to parliament.
The Stamp Act Congress was formed in October 1765 after the British government passed another tax on the Colonists. The Congress was formed to determine how to react.
they spoke up for the colonists about the stamp act and the Townshend acts