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Stamp Act: First Taxed On The Colonists

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Stamp Act (1765): The Stamp Act was one of the first taxes that Parliament had placed on the 13 colonies. Colonists had to buy a stamp for every piece of paper used. Playing cards, paper, letters, and other types of paper where taxed. The colonists thought of this to be tyranny as they were forced to pay taxes to an area where they had no representatives. The British needed to pay off the debt from the French and Indian War. Prime Minister George Grenville decided to tax the Americans because they were the most lightly taxed people throughout all of the territories and colonies the British controlled. In his opinion, the French and Indian War benefited the colonists because the French would no longer attack them. Therefore, the English

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