Why was the stamp act important?

Answer 1

Well we know that the act levied taxes on paper, legal documents, playing cards etc due to the debt of the 7 Year's War Britain won. This act is important because it led to the development of the corecive acts, Boston tea party, the creation of the 1st continetantal congress and 2nd continental congress which eventually led to the writtin document THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. The stamp act is important because it led to all this and people were sort of enlightened because they realized " hey you know what, I got rights! This isn't fair so I'm going to do something about it (example Boston tea party they dumped all the tea over). This idea of liberalism contributed to the declaration of independence. I hope that helped!

-DGJ

Answer 2

The Stamp Act was an act passed by the British Parliament in a bid to tax the American colonies. It was a tax on all legal and commercial documents (ex. marriage licenses, wills, etc.) and were not binding unless the tax had been paid and the paper had received an official governmental stamp. Needless to say, the colonists resisted the legislation.

Answer 3

Well we know that the act levied taxes on paper, legal documents, playing cards etc due to the debt of the 7 Year's War Britain won. This act is important because it led to the development of the corecive acts, Boston tea party, the creation of the 1st continetantal congress and 2nd continental congress which eventually led to the writtin document THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. The stamp act is important because it led to all this and people were sort of enlightened because they realized " hey you know what, I got rights! This isn't fair so I'm going to do something about it (example Boston tea party they dumped all the tea overboard into the sea). This idea of liberalism contributed to the Declaration of Independence.Also it starts British taxing which leads to the revolutionary war which led to our independence.

Answer 4

The stamp act was when people acted against the government because of the taxes. The stamps on products were taxed. If you bought a product and there was a stamp on it, you'd have to pay the tax.

Answer 5

The Stamp Act was a significant catalyst for the American Revolution. The main issue brought forward by this act was the idea of taxation without representation.

Answer 6

During the stamp act crisis Americans argued that there was a difference between taxing them for revenue and taxing them for the regulation trade.

Answer 7

to pay british soldiers