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Bookmark or Share- Stamp Act - World History EncyclopediaThe Stamp Act was a tax imposed on the thirteen American colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain. It required the colonists to pay a tax on all paper materials including legal documents, newspapers, almanacs, diplomas, calendars, and playing cards.
- Stamp Act - Fact, Reaction & Legacy | HISTORYThe Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a...
- Stamp Act | History, Definition, Facts, & Riots | BritannicaStamp Act, (1765), in U.S. colonial history, first British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice. The devastating effect of Pontiac’s War (1763–64) on colonial frontier settlements added to the enormous new defense burdens ...
- Stamp Act, Summary, Significance, American Revolution, APUSHStamp Act Summary. The Stamp Act of 1765 was an act of Parliament that levied taxes on the American colonies for the purpose of raising revenue for the British Treasury. The bill received Royal Assent from King George III on March 22, 1765, and went into effect on November 1.
- Stamp Act 1765 - WikipediaThe Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue stamp.
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