mar 22, 1765 - The Stamp Act

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-On any paper, news paper, letters, legal.
-Upsets the elites.
-Stamp Act Congress, First or. complaints about British "Taxation without representation is tyranny." (James Otis).

Becuase the elites were upset the most they wanted to form a new government.

The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.

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