The+Stamp+Act

= = = By: Kathryn Allyn =
 * =Describe the Act or event.= || = The Stamp Act was an unpopular law made by Parliament on March 22, 1765. This Act included special stamps that to be on every document/package that was sent out. This stamp was on packages of tea and was on other documents such as newspapers and pamphlets. This was the second tax that was directed to the American colonies from Britain after the Sugar Act. When the American colonies were taxed, “Virginia’s House of Burgesses passed several resolutions declaring that it alone had the right to tax the people of Virginia.” After Virginia started to make their own new rules, Patrick Henry, the youngest member of the body attacked the by making a speech, that included a reference on the murder of Julius Cesar, and Patrick Henry declared “Some good American would do the same to King George III", then cries of treason were hurled against him, then he replied, "If this be treason, make the most of it." =

Davidson, James West. //America History Of Our Nation //. Unuted States of America:

 n.p., n.d. Print.

"American Revolution Reference Library." //Stamp Act //. Ed. Stacy A. McConnell,

 Linda Schmittroth, and Barbra Bigelow. Detriot: Gale, 2000. Print. || = = = = [] = = media type="file" key="Recording  || = = = By: Kathryn Allyn =
 * =Why was it created?= || = The Stamp Act was created so that Parliament could keep British troops in the colonies, so they decided that all colonists were to buy certain and special tax stamps and put them on all packages and printed documents that were being shipped. This act made the majority of the colonists have a protest against the Stamp Act and Parliament. =

Davidson, James West. //America History Of Our Nation //. Unuted States of America:

 n.p., n.d. Print.

"American Revolution Reference Library." //Stamp Act //. Ed. Stacy A. McConnell,

 Linda Schmittroth, and Barbra Bigelow. Detriot: Gale, 2000. Print. ||

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 * =How did the colonists react to the act or event?= || =In early 1760’s The British fought a war with the Native Americans, even thought they won they were in huge debt. To reduce this debt they decided to make the colonists pay for it. Parliament invented the Stamp Act, which this act made the colonists put a stamp on products from tea to newspapers, and they had to pay for it. This act made the colonists angry, and they did not have enough money to pay extra for the newspaper, and other taxed items. The colonists thought this was unfair because there was a saying, “no taxation without representation”. The colonists had no representation in parliament so they felt they should not be taxed. Instead They came up with the idea to boycott the products. This meant that they did not buy the items, so that the British would not make any more money than they already did. “Adams and his Supporters hoped that the big money losses would turn British merchants against their own government.” This means that Samuel Adams wanted the merchants to turn against the British Parliament, because they were making unfair laws. Adams wanted people to join in his fight to support American peoples’ rights. Many people joined and they got a little too feisty sometimes. Adams noticed this and did not turn up to many of the public meetings, in case there was a break out. The colonists did not agree with this act, and thought that the British should not leave the debt on them after the war.=

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 * =How did their reaction affect the British?= || =The British were on the other side of the fence, they believed what they were was absolutely necessary to pay off their debt. “British officials in America demanded that England should send British troops to keep their peace.” The British made their troops stay in America to keep the colonists in order. Once they got to America, no one would take them in, so they set up tents in a common area instead. Their job was to watch the colonists go about their daily lives. Samuel Adams wrote in his newsletter that redcoats were hurting colonists. In Boston they could tell he was lying, because they did not see anything happen. However in other colonies they believed him, and took his words as the truth. The British needed help to keep peace, because the colonists were so angry about the Stamp Act. The British were in a sticky situation, because they were not getting any money since everyone was boycotting. They were in huge debt, and their colonists were enraged about the Stamp Act.=

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 * =did their reaction affect themselves?= || = The colonists protested to repeal the Stamp Act, and they hoped that it would be gone for good, but their reactions led to something they did not want. Once the Stamp Act was repealed, the Declaratory Act was almost simultaneously passed. The Declaratory Act gave Parliament the right to tax the colonists on whatever they wanted to. The Colonists reactions, like their protests and riots, didn’t help them; it only made their lives worse. =

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 * =What followed?= || The Declaratory Act followed the Stamp Act. The Declaratory Act was passed as soon as the Stamp Act was repealed. The colonists did not benefit from this and life was just made worse. The British government had total control over the colonists and could tax them freely. The declaratory Act also permitted the British government to impose duties on the colonists and to make laws.

By: Ellie Drumm

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