The colonists would either get fined or put in jail if they did not pay the stamp tax.
It is true that the Stamp Act was the first direct tax levied by England on the colonists. This happened in 1765.
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.
The stamp and sugar act happened because the british were taxing the colonists on little things such as stamp and sugar. The colonists, of course, protested. This lead to the Boston Tea Party. The stamp and sugar act happened because the british were taxing the colonists on little things such as stamp and sugar. The colonists, of course, protested. This lead to the Boston Tea Party.
the colonists had dumped tea into the Boston harbor protesting the tax on tea
It, along with the stamp and tea acts, caused the colonists to riot, leading to the revolutionary war.
The colonists showed their resentment of the Stamp Act by staging demonstrations. Eventually the unpopular act was repealed by Parliament.
The colonists
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The colonists
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.
There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.
Because the stamp act placed taxes on everything the colonists used.