The Stamp Act

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The stamp act was passed by the British  Parliament on March 22,1765 the new tax was on American colonist  required them to pay tax on every piece of paper they used ( the tax ship paper legal documents, license, newspapers other publications and every playing card.) The money they collected was used to help pay the defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains. The money was also used for the British to pay back there dep’t .The costs of the Stamp Act relatively small, but the colonists found the standard it seem to set offensive. It was viewed as a direct attempt by England to raise money in the colonies without the approval of the colonial legislatures.

-Michelle