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What was tax in the stamp act?

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There were taxes on imported goods. especially stamps

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On all official documents (such as newspapers) colonists were required to pay a fine, and the paper would receive a stamp showing that the fine had been paid.

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It taxed newspaper playing cards

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What act put a tax on paper products?

The stamp tax was the tax that taxed paper.


Which act put a tax on all legal documents?

That could be a stamp tax, conveyance tax or excise tax.


What were the taxes that were imposed on the colonists?

There was the tax stamp, tea tax, and the sugar act.


What is a tax stamp?

the stamp act is when people where chared tax to buy a stamp


What did the stamp act tax mean for the colonies?

The stamp act was a tax itself. It was a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents.


Was the stamp act an internal tax?

Yes, the Stamp Act was an internal tax. Internal taxes directly tax items within an entity, while an external tax taxes imported goods. After the imposition of the Stamp Act, colonists had to pay for the stamp that came with whatever paper good they were purchasing, and thus, the Stamp Act was an internal tax.


What act was the first act to directly tax the colonists?

the name of this Act was the Sugar Act which taxed the colonists for the first time


What was the tax of the stamp act?

it was a revenue tax


Which act was the first to impose an internal tax on the colonies?

The sugar tax was the first tax to affect he American colonies that had not been approved by them but it was not directly taxing them. the stamp act was the first tax that directly affected them that had been passed without their consent


As it repealed the stamp act the british parliament asserted its right to tax the colonies with what act?

Declaratory Act 1766


What tax was a direct tax on American colonies?

AnswerThe first direct tax was the stamp act.


Which 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.