15 maio 1765 ano - stamp act

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forced colonists to purchase specially marked paper such as newspapers or legal documents. most important act leading to the revolution. forced colonists to purchase specially marked/stamped paper for newspapers, legal docs, etc. taxation without representation: colonists had no representation in parlaiment, british. said they had "virtual representation". lawyers and journalists were making very radical argumemts against the british. stamp paper for gambling was taxed, poor people and riff raff were very mad about this, and it made them willing to become violent