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	Stamp act - Stamp Act - 1765
		The Stamp Act of 1765 (short title Duties in American Colonies Act 1765; The first Stamp Act Congress was held in New York in October 1765.
		It was to be known as the Stamp Act.
		One result of the protests was the meeting of the Stamp Act Congress in New York, to which many of the colonies sent representatives.
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	Stamp Act - Encyclopedia.com
		Stamp Act 1765, revenue law passed by the British Parliament during the ministry of George Grenville.
		The revenue obtained from the sale of stamps was designated for colonial defense; while the means of raising revenue was novel, the application of such revenue to defense continued existing British policy.
		Merchants boycotted English goods; stamp distributors were forced to resign and stamps were destroyed; and the Massachusetts legislature, at the suggestion of James Otis, issued a call for a general congress to find means of resisting the law.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-StampAct.html (1196 words)

	Stamp act - Stamp Act
		The Stamp Act was the English act of 1765 requiring that revenue stamps be affixed to all official documents in the American colonies.
		The Stamp Act was introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means of raising revenue in
		The Stamp Act was an act introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and The Stamp Act was the last straw.
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	The Avalon Project : 18th Century Documents
		An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery - Pennsylvania; March 1, 1780
		An Act Repealing the Stamp Act; March 18, 1766
		Resolves of the Pennsylvania Assembly on the Stamp Act, September 21, 1765
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/18th.htm (1590 words)

	The Stamp Act, March 22, 1765
		The Stamp Act was introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means of raising revenue in the American colonies.
		The act extended to the colonies the system of stamp duties then employed in Great Britain and was intended to raise money to defray the cost of maintaining the military defenses of the colonies.
		The unity of the American colonists in their opposition to the Stamp Act contributed substantially to the rise of American nationalist sentiment, and the conflict between the colonists and the British government over the Stamp Act is often considered one of the chief immediate causes of the American Revolution.
	www.lexrex.com /enlightened/laws/stampact.htm (1387 words)

	The Stamp Act
		Grenville proposed the stamp duties in the spring of 1764, a year before the act was to be passed.
		As the first installments of stamps began to arrive and the names of the distributors were made known, the rioting increased and reached its culmination in Boston, where the usual meeting place, Faneuil Hall, became known as the Cradle of Liberty.
		The lieutenant governor, acting for the absent governor, saw that the temper of the people was such that he dare not refuse, and the soldiers were removed to Castle William, on a little island in the harbor.
	www.usahistory.info /American-Revolution/Stamp-Act.html (2638 words)

	Stamp Act - MSN Encarta
		Stamp Act, act introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means of raising revenue in the American colonies.
		Members of the Sons of Liberty, a secret society, were particularly active in opposing the imposition of the stamp tax, and they led a campaign of physical violence in which many official stamp agents were attacked by mobs and their property destroyed.
		The unity of the American colonists in their opposition to the Stamp Act contributed substantially to the rise of American nationalist sentiment, and the conflict between the colonists and the British government over the Stamp Act is often considered one of the chief immediate causes of the American War of Independence.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566912/Stamp_Act.html (356 words)

	Stamp Act - MSN Encarta
		Stamp Act, act introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means of raising money in the American colonies.
		On March 4, 1766, the Stamp Act was repealed by the British Parliament, after members of the House of Commons had heard the arguments of Benjamin Franklin, Pennsylvania’s representative in London.
		The conflict between the colonists and the British government over the Stamp Act is often considered one of the chief immediate causes of the American Revolution.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566912/Stamp_Act.html (425 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The act extended to the colonies the system of stamp duties then employed in Great Britain and was intended to raise money to defray the cost of maintaining the military defenses of the colonies.
		Members of the Sons of Liberty, a patriotic secret society, were particularly active in opposing the imposition of the stamp tax, and they led a campaign of physical violence in which many official stamp agents were attacked by mobs and their property destroyed.
		The unity of the American colonists in their opposition to the Stamp Act contributed substantially to the rise of American nationalist sentiment, and the conflict between the colonists and the British government over the Stamp Act is often considered one of the chief immediate causes of the American Revolution.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/us_history/stamp_act.html (352 words)

	History of Nova Scotia; Book.2; Part 2; Ch. 6., Acts of Parliament (1764-6)"
		This act of the British parliament required the local authorities in the colonies, where barracks were not available, to furnish quarters and supplies to British troops.
		The act was not to immediately come into force but rather a period of time was to pass before its implementation; this would allow time for the collection mechanisms to get in place.
		A position as a "stamp master," incidently, was seen by prominent colonists, with a salary of three hundred pounds a year, to be a political plum.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part2/Ch06.htm (2417 words)

	Stamp Act
		Provided always, that this act shall not extend to charge any bills of exchange, accompts, bills of parcels, bills of fees, or any bills or notes not sealed for payment of money at sight, or upon demand, or at the end of certain days of payment.
		that shall be marked or stamped for any towel duty than the duty by this act made payable in respect thereof; every such person so offending shall, for every such offense, forfeit the sum of ten pounds.
		stamped or marked as by this act is directed; every such person, shall for every such offense, forfeit the sum of forty shillings.
	www.multied.com /documents/Stamp.html (1534 words)

	The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 - Full Text of the Act
		The provisions of this Act shall apply to the several States, the District of Columbia, the Territory of Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, and the insular possessions of the United States, except the Philippine Islands.
		If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
		The investigation and the detection, and presentation to prosecuting officers of evidence, of violations of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Narcotics and the assistants, agents, inspectors, or employees under his direction.
	www.druglibrary.org /schaffer/hemp/taxact/mjtaxact.htm (3205 words)

	stamp act
		Grenville’s Stamp Act was nonetheless passed and, in the view of many on both sides of the Atlantic, violated the Americans’ liberties.
		Whereas opposition to the Revenue Act was largely limited to a handful of farseeing colonial leaders, the opposition to the Stamp Act was spontaneous and general.
		The Stamp Act was a watershed event in American history, for it brought the common man and the political elite together in unified opposition against the British for the first time: “The passage of the Stamp Act transformed American opposition to British policies...
	www.manhattanrarebooks-history.com /stamp_act.htm (382 words)

	The American Revolution - The Making of America and Her Independence
		Although the act is frequently compared to the unenforced Molasses Act of 1733, the Sugar Act imposed duties on a number of goods including molasses and other forms of sugar, textiles and dye, coffee, and wines.
		It was the Stamp Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1765, with its direct demand for revenue that roused a violent colonial outcry, which was spearheaded by the Northern merchants, lawyers, and newspaper publishers who were directly affected.
		Everywhere leaders such as James Otis, Samuel Adams, and Patrick Henry denounced the act with eloquence, societies called the Sons of Liberty were formed, and the Stamp Act Congress was called to protest that Parliament was violating the rights of trueborn Englishmen in taxing the colonials, who were not directly represented in the supreme legislature.
	www.americanrevolution.com /SugarActStampAct.htm (1249 words)

	LIBERTY! . The Stamp Act Riots & Tar and Feathering \| PBS
		The Stamp Act Riots and Tar and Feathering
		Reaction to the Stamp Act in the colonies was swift and, on occasion, riotous.
		By November 1, 1765, the day the Stamp Act was to officially go into effect, there was not a single stamp commissioner left in the colonies to collect the tax.
	www.pbs.org /ktca/liberty/popup_stampact.html (369 words)

	Stamp Act - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Stamp Act, act introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means of raising money in...
		American opposition to the Stamp Act began shortly after its passage in March 1765.
		Patrick Henry of Virginia urged the House of Burgesses to condemn...
	encarta.msn.com /Stamp_Act.html (144 words)

	Pennsylvania Stamp Act and Non-Importation Resolutions Collection, American Philosophical Society
		From the Sugar Act of 1764 through the Tea Act of 1773, the British Parliament imposed a variety of taxes upon their American colonies in an effort to raise revenue to offset the enormous debts incurred during the Seven Years' (French and Indian) War.
		The response of the Massachusetts House of Representatives was swift and decisive.
		The resulting Stamp Act Congress included 9 of the 13 colonies, and their vigorous protest, coupled with effective boycotts of British goods and the all too often violent response in the streets, led Parliament to withdraw the act in 1766.
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/p/panonimport.htm (2001 words)

	Store Review - Rubber Stamp Act 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But even so, the amount of stamps is incredible, and this is only a small sample, because she does lots of special order.
		Martha says that stamps are mostly a "women" thing, and that men in the store just kind of look around.
		There's a lot of thought to the design, arrangement, and variety of stamps, and the creative use of watercolor, markers, embossing, and other techniques used to enhance the picture.
	www.drstamping.com /rubbact2new.html (447 words)

	HistoryWiz: The Stamp Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although the Stamp Act itself was not a harsh measure, colonists feared the standard this new type of legislation would set.
		On October 31, 1765 the publishers announced the suspension of the Gazette in opposition to the provisions of the Stamp Act which required that it be printed on imported, stamped paper.
		No stamp commissioner or tax collector was actually tarred and feathered but by November 1, 1765, the day the Stamp Act tax went into effect, there were no stamp commissioners left in the colonies to collect it.
	www.historywiz.com /stampact.htm (513 words)

	A Bio. of America: The Coming of Independence - Transcript
		On the morning of August 14, 1765, an effigy of the Massachusetts Stamp Distributor, Andrew Oliver, appeared hanging from a tree in the center of Boston.
		That meant the Stamp Act could not go into effect in Massachusetts since there was no one to distribute the stamps.
		It repealed the Stamp Act, but only after declaring that it had a right to bind the colonies "in all cases whatsoever." A year later, it tried to raise revenue through new duties on paper, glass, and tea.
	www.learner.org /biographyofamerica/prog04/transcript/page02.html (912 words)

	Digital History
		The Stamp Act Congress, which was the first united action by the colonies against unpopular British policies, acknowledged that Parliament had a right to regulate colonial trade.
		Adams was particularly struck by the political consequences of the Stamp Act.
		There is a violent spirit of opposition raised on the continent against the execution of the Stamp Act, the mob in Boston have carried it very high against the Secre[tar]y [Andrew Oliver]...for his acceptance of an office in consequence of that Act.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=258 (775 words)

	Stamp Act
		The greatest impact, however, came through the Stamp Act riots in which violence was used to intimidate potential tax agents and public demonstrations were employed to solidify radical opposition.
		After much debate in Parliament, the Stamp Act was repealed on March 17, 1766 due in no small part to the protests of merchants at home who felt the pinch of the nonimportation programs.
		The use of stamped paper for legal documents had been common for decades in England and, according to law, those agreements made on unstamped paper were not enforceable.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h642.html (929 words)

	Stamp Act Crisis
		As November 1, 1765 approached — the effective date for the enforcement of the Stamp* Act — opposition to the new form of taxation spread through the colonies.
		The stamped paper arrived aboard ship in New York harbor on October 23, coinciding with the end of the Stamp Act Congress.
		After learning of the stamped paper landing, merchants formed the first of their nonimportation agreements; their hope was that an effective boycott would force British manufacturers to lobby Parliament for an end to the Stamp tax.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1220.html (720 words)

	The Stamp Act Crisis :: The Center for the Advancement of Capitalism
		The Stamp Act Crisis of 1765-1766 was, therefore, the opening scene in the first act of the drama of the American Revolution.
		One historian has called the Stamp Act Crisis the “prologue to revolution.” Indeed, one sees in the Crisis of 1765-1766 the pattern that the colonists would repeat against further encroachments on their rights by the British in the 1770s.
		Moreover, their fear that the Stamp Act was part of a larger conspiracy against colonial rights was not some paranoid fantasy, as some historians have suggested.
	www.moraldefense.com /Philosophy/Essays/Stamp_Act_Crisis.htm (4990 words)

	A Summary of the 1765 Stamp Act
		The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765.
		The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains (10,000 troops were to be stationed on the American frontier for this purpose).
		The Stamp Act, however, was viewed as a direct attempt by England to raise money in the colonies without the approval of the colonial legislatures.
	www.history.org /History/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm (276 words)

	The Stamp Act Crisis
		Still, Georgia was one of the very few colonies in which anyone used stamped papers, and other colonies greatly criticized this action.3 Similar events occurred in the other colonies as ports remained closed for refusal to use stamps and people protested the taxation by the royal government, burning effigies of collectors and forming mobs.
		The Stamp Act crisis brought about a change in the thought and actions of colonists in Georgia and America, setting the stage for future events of the Revolutionary period.
		Finally, the colonists were successful in their attempts to abolish the Stamp Act and learned that they could win their battles with unity against the crown.
	www.virginia.edu /history/courses/hius401b/papers/webb/stampact.htm (1043 words)

	Political Cartoons of the Lilly Library/The Colonial Years
		George Stamp, full of Grief and dispair, carrying his favourite Childs Coffin, Miss Americ Stamp, who was born in 1763 and died hard in 1766.
		"George Stamp", in the foreground holding the coffin, represents George Grenville, ardent supporter of the Stamp Act; and in the right corner of the cartoon, directly behind the bale of stamps, is a crate containing a statue of William Pitt, Grenville's archenemy in the Stamp Act controversy.
		Behind "George Stamp" are two figures which appeared in the "The Tombstone" of 1765, Lord Bute and "His Grace of Spital Fields", a figure portrayed in both cartoons with weavers ' petition in his pocket.
	www.indiana.edu /~liblilly/cartoon/stampact.html (497 words)

	The American Revolution (John Bull and Uncle Sam)
		The Stamp Act, which taxed Americans for stamps imprinted on a wide variety of legal and official documents, was the first measure passed by the British parliament to arouse widespread antagonism in the thirteen colonies.
		This is a proof sheet of one-penny stamps, submitted for approval to the Commissioners of Stamps by an engraver on May 10, 1765.
		The Tea Act, passed by the House of Commons on April 27, 1773, was regarded in America as a strategy to induce the colonists, by lowering the price of tea, to consume more of it and therefore acknowledge the principle of British taxation.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/british/brit-2.html (1994 words)

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