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The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first example of the British Crown imposing a direct tax on its American colonists. The act required that all legal documents, permits, commercial contracts, newspapers, wills, pamphlets, and playing cards in the American colonies be printed on stamp paper (a special type of paper taxable by England).

The reason for the tax was a result of the debt that England incurred during the Seven Years War (The French and Indian War). Although England's debt reached about £800,000,000 in 1764, Prime Minister of Great Britain George Grenville's goal was to only extract £78,000 from the colonists.

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