Stamp Act 1765

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The Stamp Act 1765 was a British parliamentary tax on printed materials in the American colonies that sparked widespread protest and helped catalyze the movement toward the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
tax law
appliesToJurisdiction British America
Thirteen Colonies
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
currencyOfTax British sterling
dateEnacted 1765-03-22
dateRepealed 1766-03-18
effectiveDate 1765-11-01
enactedBy Parliament of Great Britain
follows Sugar Act 1764
hasCause British government debt after the Seven Years' War
costs of stationing British troops in North America
hasEffect attacks on stamp distributors
boycotts of British goods
contributed to causes of the American Revolution
rise of the slogan "no taxation without representation"
strengthening of colonial unity
widespread colonial protests
historicalPeriod prelude to the American Revolution
languageOfWork English
legislativeBody House of Commons of Great Britain
House of Lords
locationOfDebate City of Westminster
surface form: Westminster
locationOfProtests Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Charleston
New York City
Philadelphia
mainSubject imperial-colonial relations
taxation without representation
namedAfter stamp duty
opposedBy Thirteen Colonies
surface form: American colonists

Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act Congress
colonial assemblies
partOf British taxation of the American colonies
relatedTo Declaratory Act 1766
Tea Act
surface form: Tea Act 1773

Townshend Acts (tea tax component)
surface form: Townshend Acts
repealedBy Repeal of the Stamp Act 1766
requires use of stamped paper
signedBy George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III
taxOn dice
legal documents
licenses
newspapers
pamphlets
playing cards
printed materials

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Sons of Liberty opposedTo Stamp Act 1765
Sons of Liberty notableEvent Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act riots
Townshend Acts (tea tax component) precededBy Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act
Liberty Tree associatedWith Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act crisis
Liberty Tree event Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act protests
Rhode Island Sons of Liberty opposedTo Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act of 1765
Peyton Randolph participantIn Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act crisis
Boston Sons of Liberty opposedTo Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act
New York Sons of Liberty opposed Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act
Liberty Boys opposed Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act
Liberty Boys notableEvent Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act protests
John Dickinson participantIn Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act crisis
Connecticut Sons of Liberty opposedTo Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act
South Carolina Sons of Liberty opposedTo Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act of 1765
Maryland Sons of Liberty opposed Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act
North Carolina Sons of Liberty opposed Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act of 1765
Virginia Sons of Liberty opposedLaw Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act of 1765
James Otis Jr. opposedTo Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act
Sugar Act 1764 relatedTo Stamp Act 1765
Townshend Acts era followed Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act crisis
New York Colony importantEvent Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act protests
American Revolutionary era significantEvent Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act crisis
George Grenville notableWork Stamp Act 1765
Isaac Barré parliamentaryOppositionTo Stamp Act 1765
Stamp Act Congress opposedLaw Stamp Act 1765
4th United States Congress enactedLaw Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act of 1797 (U.S. internal revenue measure)
British colonial authorities in New York enforced Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act
Declaratory Act 1766 relatedTo Stamp Act 1765
Crown Colony of New Jersey significantEvent Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act protests
British Army in North America associatedWith Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act crisis
Revenue Act 1766 follows Stamp Act 1765
Revenue Act of 1767 precededBy Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act of 1765
History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution coversEvent Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act crisis
James Warren notableEvent Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act crisis
Boston Gazette associatedWithEvent Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act crisis
Cornelius Harnett participantIn Stamp Act 1765
this entity surface form: Stamp Act crisis