mar 12, 1765 - Stamp Act
Description:
• Put a tax on documents and printed items (playing cards, wills, newspapers, etc)• The stamp was to prove the tax was paid
• First tax the directly effected colonists
• New York, Boston and Philly boycotted the act
• March 1766, Parliament repealed the Act.
Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 12, 1765
Now
~ 259 years ago
