The Stamp Act Congress

Just the other day a fellow colonist asked me if I thought the Stamp Act was justified. Not only do I not find the Stamp Act justified, I find it absurd! Paying a tax on newspapers, legal documents, licenses, and even playing cards is something that would only come straight from England! Prime Minister George Grenville was wrong about the Sugar Act and he is wrong about the Stamp Act too. While I understand that our sweet Jesus said “…Give back to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's,” in Mark 12:17, (Life Application Study Bible 2007) I think us colonist are giving our fair share to Caesar, or in our case England. The Stamp Act is a way “to make the colonists pay part of the cost of stationing British troops” (Hinschelwood

     The Stamp Act, however, created much more protest. In 1765, Parliament passed an act requiring the colonists to pay tax stamps on any paper product. The act infuriated colonists because this act was a direct attempt to raise money without the consent of the colonial assemblies. The colonists felt that they were being taxed without representation. With great anger, colonists refused to allow the tax stamps to be sold. Merchants even agreed not to order British goods until the act was abolished. Then, in October of 1765, delegates gathered to discuss the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act Congress stated that the right of taxation belongs only to the people and their elected representatives. Also, they decided that Parliament couldn’t deny their right to trial by jury. They argued that Parliament didn’t have the power to tax them because they had no representatives in Parliament. They denied Parliament’s right to tax them for revenue. The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, but following that, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act. It stated that the kind and Parliament had full legislative power over the colonies regardless.

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“No Taxation without Representation.” Everyone has heard this quote, but how many know where it came from? In March of 1765, British Parliament passed a law that the colonists must pay a tax on any licenses, contracts, wills, warrants, playing cards, and paper. Every one of these things had to have a stamp on it to show that they paid the tax. (Stamp Act Powerpoint) This was called the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was the most important event that caused the Revolutionary War.

During the 7 Years War, the British were spending a lot of money to support their military, and they looked to fix this by adding more taxes for the colonists to pay. The colonists were already angry about their taxation situation, already dealing with the Sugar Act of 1764 and the Quartering Act of 1765. Then, Prime Minister George Grenville proposed the Stamp Tax in 1765 in order to raise revenue to support the military in their battle against the French. The Stamp Act mandated the use of stamped paper or the affixing of stamps certifying payment of tax. The majority of Americans became extremely agitated with this act as well as many others before and after the Stamp Act because they felt that their individual rights were being infringed

The Stamp Act was one of the first attempts by the British to collect taxes from the colonists in 1765. The colonists were vehemently opposed to it and boycotted, rioted, and intimated stamp distributors. These acts were performed largely by a group known as the Sons of Liberty who were present in each colony and were able to intimidate each colony’s stamp distributor to stop selling the required stamps. Finally, “crowd politics” played a crucial role in this early opposition to the Stamp Act because the large crowds were able to overcome potential obstacles such as law men and voice their opinion as a whole to the chosen party. What is known as the Stamp Act was a law passed by British Parliament in 1765.

During this time period our young country was still trying to figure out the right things to do and trying to avoid the wrong things. On top of that the French and Indian War had just ended and Great Britain was broke. Some of the new laws and acts benefited the colonies, others made it even harder and even enraged the colonists. George Grenville passed act after act trying to get more money out of the people. The first was The Sugar Act. This tax ended up costing the colonies four times the amount they were actually getting from it. Trying to make up for this, he created The Stamp Act. Parliament passed this act on February 13th, 1765.

As tension escalated between the British colonies in the New World and the British, many individuals began to reach their breaking point. Much of this tension created violence and unjustified actions. However, the colonists’ fight for independence was condoned as the colonies shifted from outbreaks and riots to a serious Britain-free government ideal post the American Revolution. Such acts of the Americans were justified because the colonists only wanted freedom and independence. Instead of giving them what the colonists wanted, Britain took advantage of them using taxes and controlled them with a leader on the other side of the earth.

Colonist faced several challenges prior to the American Revolution. There were many limitations and regulations for the colonist placed by Britain. The colonist were faced with harsh Acts that altered their way of life and shifted their perspective on Britain.

The French and Indian War ended in 1763, and although England won, it left them in enormous debt. The solution was the Stamp Act, a tax on all paper goods. Enacted in 1765, the Stamp Act upset nearly every English colonist in America. This was one of the first times colonists resisted England and this renegation acted as a precursor to the revolution ahead. England was surprised because they didn't consider the Stamp Act as anything people wouldn't agree with and felt that the colonists were responsible for paying in return from the protection England provided them during the war.

I walked by a family discussing about how to stop the new stamp act.”This new Stamp Act is going to hurt all the colonial family’s and they need to find a way to stop it the.” mother said.”But one family has to stand up and try to think of a way to stop this new stamp act.” said the father. “Not for them but for everyone because this can hurt everyone’s lives.” said the little boy.we need to meet up tonight and brainstorm ideas to help everyone get out of the stamp act.So they first to figure out as much information about the stamp act they can find.So they go to look for the information and bring it back to help them disscuss this crisis at hand.After they had got information they had shared it the first one was that what did the stamp act

The colonists would create riots in the streets to scare the tax collectors into not collecting taxes anymore. Ordinary people sometimes used violence to force leaders to do what they believed to be fair.The colonists and the British leaders had different views on the Stamp Act.

America from 1754 to 1763. After 1763, the British procured a nation debt of about 140 million pounds. Colonists were told to do their part in paying of this debt therefore their administrative expenses rose from 70,000 to 350,000 pounds. When the Proclamation Line of 1763 prohibited colonists from entering the land they fought for, they were enraged but these new and unfair payments only increased their bitterness. To enforce these payments, George Greenville (Prime minister) reorganized the British Empire’s messy political structures with a mercantilist focus. He then passed these two acts.

The stamp act in 1765 caused the american colonists to question certain rights. The stamp act was made by the Parliament to get more money from colonists because after the French and Indian war they ran out of money.

The last conflict that contributed to blaming the British, was the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was the first internal tax on the colonist. They were taxed on every piece of printed paper. They created the act to pay off debt from the French and Indian war but most importantly pay for the British soldiers that were in the colonies. The colonist were upset with this act because they believed that if they were to be taxed, they should be taxed by their own representatives and they didn't want the British army there. They protested by refusing to pay/ignored the stamps, punished supports of the act, made an effigy of tax collectors and hung it from a tree/put it over a fire, and created the virginia resolves. It’s easy to see how the colonist reacted