After the great war of the French and the Indians, Britain became the controlling authority in America, this came in the grimes of resentment and dissatisfaction from the other colonists. The British increased taxes demanded from the American colonists in which the previous taxation systems were lower than those demanded from mainland English citizens. The revenue coming from taxation was used to pay for their defense. Moreover, the fund contributions from American colonists were very little to maintain the British troops in the 13 colonies. This taxation structures did hurt the American people to a great extent.
The Stamp Act enacted on 1765 required every legal document to be stamped, and