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The Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act was passed by British Parliament to be imposed on the American colonies. The act was ill received, and was a major event leading into the Revolutionary War.
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Why did colonists oppose the stamp act?
In the year 1765 Britain enacted the Stamp Act which placed a government stamp of taxation on all paper documents, such as newspapers and playing cards. The colonists, feeling that they were being unfairly taxed, formed protest groups such as the Sons of Liberty. They would protest English taxing agencies, and in some cases, would demolish the homes of government bureaucrats in charge of taxation. And, it was the first time Parliament tried to tax them.
Why did Great Britain pass the stamp act in 1765 to tax colonies?
King George needed the money from the tax to pay the bills for his war with France in the French/Indian War, and also in the Pomeranian War, the Third Carnatic War, and the Third Silesian War.
Historians call this group of wars "The Seven Years' War", and it involved most of the major nations back then, including North America, Central America, the west coast of Africa, India, parts of Europe, and the Philippine Islands.
These wars almost doubled the British national debt, hence the need for more tax income.
The Seven Years' War is considered a world war.
The Stamp Act crisis of 1765 was a â??point of no returnâ?? in the imperial-colonial relationship between Great Britain and the American colonies because it caused the colonists to organize their opposition. This made it much easier to organize opposition demonstrations and activities when the British Parliament passed unpopular laws in the following decade.
