The Influence Of The Stamp Act

On March 22, 1765 a law called The Stamp Act was imposed by the British

Parliament. The Stamp Act was an act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue

from the American colonies by imposing a tax on newspapers and legal or commercial

documents. The Stamp Act was made because money needed to be raised for military

defenses, for the British troops that were staying in the colonies, and the British wanted

governmental authority over the colonies. This made the colonists very infuriated

because they went to the new world to hopefully have a self-government and most

colonists violently reacted towards it. Also, the Stamp Act was not approved by colonial

legislatures which made the colonists even more mad. The Stamp Act made the
All of the New England, Middle,

and Southern colonies were all effected equally by the Stamp Act. Together the

colonists rebelled against the unnecessary tax made by the British. Overall, the Stamp

Act was very unnecessary and that made the colonists very, very angry with the British

Parliament.

During the Stamp Act there were many people that were against the idea of