Stamp Act Thesis

The Stamp Act
The British Parliament had a great expectation to collect a massive amount by imposing unjust Stamp Act (taxation) upon the thirteen colonies. The brand new tax law demands the colonists to pay tax on different type of paper items. Under Prime Minster George Grenville the British government was struggling to finance the debt of their nation. Before the Stamp Act, the British Parliament had been passed a Sugar Act to collect revenue from the colonies. Even though the act was designed to collect revenue specifically from sugar and molasses, the parliament wasn’t able to raise a significant amount of revenue due to the colonies used different tactics to avoid taxation. The Stamp Act tells about the subject of the Northern American
Leaders of the thirteen colonies decided to hold an inter-colonial meeting in New York City on October 9, 1765. At first the meeting seemed a failure because of the thirteen colonies only nine colonies convey their delegates: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina. The delegates found more in common ground to engage against the tax law and put aside their difference. Congress made a significant demand and direct response to the new tax imposed by the British parliament. The delegate drafted the Declaration of Rights and grievances. And they mailed the letters to the two houses of English Parliament as well as to the king. One of the delegates demand was no taxation without representation. Therefore, the delegates requested to the English Parliament to repeal the new tax; however, the Stamp act went into effect a week after the congresses conclude their
The main reason, the British official was forced not to collect any tax by the colonies and the Son’s of Liberty threatened to take action if the tax collectors worked for the Stamp Act. One merchant, Archibald Hinshelwood, from Nova Scotia explained his feeling of the new tax and how the colonies act: “There is a violent spirit of opposition raised on the Continent against the execution of the Stamp Act, the mob in Boston has carried it very high against Mr. Oliver the Secry (a Town born child) for his acceptance of an office in consequence of that act. They have even proceeded to some violence, and burnt him in effigy &c.” Therefore, the new tax did not generate significant revenue as the England expected. Not only that, the Stamp Act encouraged many people to rebel against the Crown. In addition, the English merchants were losing their business due to boycott from the colonies. As a result, these merchants were campaigning for repealed the stamp act. The English parliament did not repeal instantly the demand of the American demand, but they considered canceling the Stamp Act. It was extremely difficult for most lawmakers to give what the colonies demand, however, the British Parliament voted to cancel the new tax. The Crown approved on March 18, 1766 the Stamp Act canceled.
The Stamp Act was a landmark for many American at that time. To begin with, the new tax provoked severely disagreement between the British government