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The stamp act of 1765 was the requirement that all legal documents (contract, etc) had to have a stamp on it
The Stamp Act required colonists to pay for tax stamps on newspaper, and various legal documents. Parliament abolished the act in 1766. The Stamp Act placed tax on ALL printed material.
In American colonies, reaction to the 1765 Stamp Act was greeted in America by an outburst of denunciation.
Yes, the Stamp Act of 1765 ended. The act was repealed when Parliament finally gave in to the colonists riots. The same day the Stamp Act was repealed, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act.