The Stamp Act : The Stamp Act

After the French and Indian war, Britain had stopped practicing salutary neglect and attempted to govern the colonies O.I. Since they had lost so much money Britain had to gain tighter control over the colonies. In order to regain their money Britain had created taxes on certain items, and because of them the colonists rebelled causing a conflict with Britain.

Junior Gonzalez The Stamp Act was horrible for the colonists because they didn't have a say in the stamp act, the tax was used to pay off the money they used in the French and Indian War. The colonists tried to get rid of the tax collectors but this would result in the colonists destroying their town, and the colonists boycotted British goods so they had to start making their own clothing or have them wear the clothing for months. The British bought raw materials from the colonists, then the British would make something out of the material they bought and then the British would sell it back the colonists. But since the colonists refused to pay the additional tax, the British didn't want to buy anything from the colonists, which

The taxes passed by Parliament angered the colonists because they were unconstitutional, and did not give Americans representation in the courts. In a resolution, the text states “... This tax… [is] unconstitutional. We have always understood it to be a grand and fundamental principle.. That no … man should be subject to any tax to which he has not given consent… In the … courts one judge presides alone! No juries [are allowed]” ( Document 1). Here, John Adams is informing his peers of his negative opinion on the first of Parliament’s taxes, the Stamp Act, which was passed on November 1, 1765. This act required Colonists to pay unreasonable fees on almost all printed documents. It is an

In this lesson, it explained the different act that cause people to pay taxes. In High School, we learned about the Sugar act, Stamp act and Boston Tea Party. The Sugar act was appoint by Georgie the third. The act required people to pay taxes on sugar and other item. I find it hard to believe people had to pay taxes on sugar, I guess sugar was very valuable in that time period. The Sugar act was created to pay for the Quartering Act of 1765. People who fail to pay their taxes had to go to sugar court. In 1765, the British government passed another law that increase the taxes on the colonies. The American people were furious about this. So, the people form a group cause The Son of Liberty. The Son of Liberty boycott against items from England.

This tax was horrible for the colonies because colonists needed to know what was happening since there was a lot of change happening.So, newspapers were handy. This made sending newsletters to colonies expensive. The colonists protested and kept repeating, “No taxation without representation” This made the colonists boycott British goods.

The colonists had said in the “Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions” (1765) that “the first adventurers, settlers… brought with them and transmitted to their posterity [future generations]… all the privileges and immunities that have at any time been held, enjoyed, and possessed by the people of Great Britain” (Doc. A). This made it a compromise so that Britain could tax the colonists, who, according to the resolution, were only relieved of any tax implemented if they were represented by a person whom they have selected to ask to repeal it. The taxes, which were considered necessary to balance the debt that was a result from the French and Indian Wars, had a big deal to do with the little liberties and rights that the colonists had. This had to do with why they had stuck to the more republican value of decreasing central governmental power favored increasing the power of the

Colonists saw this as squarely illegal because it violated their right as British citizens to only be taxed from their officials and the British citizens hadn’t elected anyone in the British

The stamp act congress was a meeting of representatives from many of the colonies, the congress was formed to protest the newly passed Stamp Act in 1765. It adopted a declaration of rights as well as sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament; the first sign of colonial unity and organized resistance.

Huge debts were owed to Great Britain for supplying the colonists with military support and supplies. To pay the dues, there was the establishment of the Stamp Act, the taxation on domestic goods and services. A tax on domestic merchandise brought even more anger to the colonists. The Sugar Act, the Townshed Duties and the Tea Act were also all introduced with the same fundamentals: applying tax on goods whether it be directly or indirectly, domestic or international. “British commercial regulations imposed a paltry economic burden on Americans, who enjoyed a rapid economic growth and a standard of living higher than their European counterparts” (McGaughy). Each act resulted in irritated colonists. Some even retaliated by tarring and feathering certain English tax enforcers living in the colonies.

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 money taxed was to go towards an attempt in raising money for England within the Colonies and to help the rice for the defending/protection fighting at the Appalachian of troops. This was all done as a way to raise money without colonial legislature acceptance. Citizens didn’t make a huge deal with it but some still disagreed.

Throughout the span of several years directly contributing to the multiple extensive and escalating tensions towards the troublesome country, Great Britain, enraged colonists of the original thirteen colonies declared war, which subsequently instigated what is well-known as the American Revolution. Leading to the establishment of triumph, the thirteen colonies successfully acquired their independence and became the modern United States of America while comprising their optimal vision of commencing the westward expansion traveling through the New World. Nonetheless, the lingering unresolved conflicts with Britain continue to still exist and transpire within the United States boundaries wherein infuriated majority of Americans to combat in the

“The Revenue Act of 1764 did not bring in enough money to help pay the cost of defending the colonies. The British looked for additional sources of taxation. Prime Minister Grenville supported the imposition of a stamp tax. Colonial representatives tried to convince Grenville that the tax was a bad idea. Grenville insisted in having the new taxes imposed and presented to the parliament. The parliament approved the tax in February 1765. The colonies responded with outrage. It was considered a “shocking act”.(2)

     There was another by-product of the war for Britain; her national debt more than doubled during the course of the conflict. At a time when Britain was starting to bend beneath the weight of the debt, it was only a matter of time before parliament looked to the colonies to help shoulder some of the price incurred in their defense. The Sugar and Stamp Acts were the first of many measures to tax the colonists. The Townshend Duties and the Tea Act would follow. While these measures outraged the colonists because of their monetary implications, it was the constitutional implications brought on by the Acts that were most offensive to the colonists. Until after the Seven Years War, the colonists had been left to essentially tax themselves. Now the colonists had a rallying cry, as they deplored the idea of no taxation without representation. In 1765 the Stamp Act Congress was held, and in a bid of utter defiance the representatives agreed that the colonial legislative assemblies alone had the right to tax the colonies. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, but only after agreeing to pass the Declaratory Act, which informed the colonies that Britain did in fact have the right to legislate for the

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