The Stamp Act

Related historical timeline created with Timeliner (Nobles grad, Tom Snyder)

The Stamp Act, an act passed in March of 1765, helped to create a theme of rebellion within the American colonies of Great Britain. The Stamp Act was designed to collect taxes on legal documents, requiring newspapers, legal papers, customs documents, and licenses to have a stamp on them. This act directly followed the Sugar Act of 1764, and both acts caused an outcry in the colonies. The uproar that these acts caused was not due to the new cost in which colonists were required to pay, but rather the fact that they had no representation in regards to these taxes. "No taxation without representation" is a famous quote associated with the Stamp Act. A Stamp Act Congress, intending to repeal the Stamp Act was held in October of 1765. It was decided at this meeting that British goods would be boycotted, and American merchants would not import British goods. Eventually the message was received by British Parliament, and the Stamp Act was repealed.

Sources Used

http://www.history.org/other/teaching/tchcrsta.htm

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/seminar/unit1/stamp.html

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/sugar_stamp/actxx.html

http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/Barnes/revwarreports/stampact.html

http://www.stjohnsprep.org/htdocs/sjp_tec/projects/internet/stamp.html

Stamp Act Links

Other Pictures of the Stamp Act!

By Molly Cooney
Noble and Greenough School
Class of 2000
History Teacher:Don Allard