The Stamp Act infuriated the American colonists. It imposed a tax on most paper documents and was seen as another example of taxation without representation.
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For one thing, it was a tax on stamps and printed material. For another, the colonist's representatives hadn't been consulted before the act was passed.
because every paper you had bought cost you about one pence and the colonist always used paper
the name of this Act was the Sugar Act which taxed the colonists for the first time
The American colonists hated the Stamp Act, Townshend Act, and the Tea Act because they did not want raised taxes. They believed it to be unfair and unnecessary.
british made the colonist pay a tax on molases and sugar ,but the colonist were angered.therefore, colonist convinced all 12 colonies except one to stop buying tea from the british, leading up to the stamp act of 1765.
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