- British troops were stationed in the colonies to protect them from French and Native American threats following the French and Indian War, and to enforce British authority.
- Placing a stamp on an important document showed that a tax had been paid on that document, as required by the Stamp Act.
- Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765 to raise revenue to help pay for the costs of maintaining British troops in the colonies after the French and Indian War.
- The Stamp Act caused anger in the colonists for these two reasons: it was the first direct tax imposed by Parliament on the colonies, and it was enacted without colonial representation in Parliament (“no taxation without representation”).
- Stamps were placed on important documents such as legal papers, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards.
- The Stamp Act Congress announced that only colonial assemblies had the right to tax the colonists and declared the Stamp Act unconstitutional.
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