jan 19, 1765 - Stamp Act

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British Rationale: Enormous debt due to 7 years war, Americans should pay their fair share of the costs for their own defense

Colonial Reaction: Petitions, boycott, violence

Colonial Rationale: Costed extra money, jeopardized basic rights as Englishmen, went against local liberties, colonists had assumed circulation of the idea that British were conspiring to strip colonists of their historic liberties

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