started a fun and exciting conversation: “How was your day with your Friends?”. “It was wonderful” I replied‚ “My Friends Grandma told us all about Stamp Act.” Oh! before we go any farther‚ I am Emily an A+ Student. Anywho.. as I was saying‚ I started explaining the Stamp Act to my Mom.. I thought she already knew about it though. “The Stamp Act was made in 1765‚ after the British just came out of a war with France they needed more money‚ so this British guy named George Greenville came up with the idea
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Well‚ yesterday started the Stamp Act. In case if you all are wondering what the Stamp Act is‚ it is an act required colonists to pay for an official stamp‚ or seal‚ when they bought paper items. It was announced on March 22‚ 1765. We now are required to pay for every printed paper. More than one hundred thousand pounds worth of stamps was shipped to America. The cost for stamps are very cheap. The total amount intended to be raised by the new tax was sixty thousand pounds per year‚ this is not
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In year 1765 there was a tax that was called the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was the name of an act that the British King and Queen taxed all the colonial people’s paper. The King and Queen were using the money to help pay for troops in the colonies in the seven years’ war or so they said. The Stamp Act negatively affected many groups of people; tax collector’s families went into hiding‚ it ruined the trust people had in tax collectors‚ and it made the colonists so angry they tortured the tax collectors
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I remember it just like it was yesterday‚ the stamp act. It was July if 1765. My parents and I was gathered around the kitchen table eating dinner. Then a tall man came banging on the door‚ like we owned him something.My dad rushed over to the door‚ and he peeked through the peep hole on the door. When he opened the door I was told to go upstairs in my room. I jolted up the stairs‚ skipping every other one‚ to look out my window. There was a faint sound in the distance when I opened my bedroom door
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“Julia! We do not need to have a discussion. We need to fight!” I hate hearing mom and dad fight. It doesn’t usually happen‚ but when it does‚ it’s bad. The Stamp Act‚ that is what they are calling‚ is dated to go into effect on November first of this year (Fradin). That is five months from now. They are going to require us to buy a stamp for all of our printed documents. Papers‚ newspapers‚ wills‚ and even my playing cards that Alex and I use. “Charity‚” my mother ask aloud to me‚ “what do you
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Sugar Act of 1674); which was to repay the loss of money from the French and Indian War (when the British showed major weakness; why did they need the money.)]. In the Colonies‚ the taxes were opposed due to its negative economic effects and also increased enforcement‚ which did hurt smuggling activities. In 1675‚ Grenville enforced the Stamp Act (stamp taxes levied on documents‚ paper goods‚ and similar items.). The reaction to the Stamp Act wasn’t pleasant. People formed the Stamp Act Congress
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The Stamp Act’s Cause of Events. The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London‚ carrying an embossed revenue stamp. These printed materials were legal documents‚ magazines‚ newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies. Like previous taxes‚ the stamp tax had to be paid in valid British currency‚ not
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the Stamp Act on the American Revolution The Stamp Act was essentially a tax on all printed materials and commercial documents. This also included newspapers‚ pamphlets‚ bills‚ legal documents‚ licenses‚ almanacs‚ dice‚ and playing cards. These materials had to carry a special stamp which needed to be purchased. This tax‚ along with the Boston Port Act‚ Massachusetts Government Act‚ Administration of Justice Act‚ Quartering Act‚ and the Quebec Act‚ made up the Intolerable Acts. The Stamp Act
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Samuel Adams: An American View of the Stamp Act Samuel Adams writes a letter to his English friend‚ John Smith‚ defending the American’s side of the new imperial taxation and control. He describes the colonists thinking of the act as “both burdensome and unconstitutional.” They feel as if they are not represented as they should be and that their rights as Englishmen are being taken away from them. He goes on to say that Parliament cannot tax them consistent with the constitution because they
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Attempts to tax American colonist to recover money for seven years war THE STAMP ACT of 1765 What was the stamp act ? 1. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22‚ 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship’s papers‚ legal documents‚ licenses‚ newspapers‚ other publications‚ and even playing cards were taxed. The apparent purpose was to raise £60‚000 yearly in the colonies in order
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