1 Jan 1765 Jahr - Stamp Act

Beschreibung:

law that taxed printed goods, playing cards, documents, newspapers, stamps...

Led to Stamp Act crisis
Tax to pay for keeping troops there angered many colonists because of taxation without representation, led to protests and violence

Passed with the help of Patrick Henry
lawyer in Virginia house of Bugresses, and helped pass the Virginia Stamp Act (justified Virginian refusal to the Stamp Act)