Summary Of The Stamp Act

Considering the acts that were passed by Parliament, the purpose of these acts was to maintain control over the American colonist. They strived to transform the British Empire in North America by stripping the colonists of most of their rights, and forcing them to rely on the government. They posed acts like the Stamp Act, which required tax on all printed items, to cover cost of keeping their troops in America. As well as require that all stamped paper should be shipped through British ports and sold to printers to avoid any violation to the new law.
In hopes to regain some control for the colonist, Benjamin Franklin put forth a reasonable request to the parliament. “If you chuse to tax us…give us Members in your legislature, and let us be