Stamp Act

What is the Stamp Act? Well, this is one of the many acts or bills that the English Parliament passed to raise money from the taxes that the colonists would pay.It was passed by the British Parliament on March 1765. The Stamp Act has intended to raise money, due to all the spenses from the French and Indian War, on about every printed piece of paper they used that Parliament would tax. Such as legal documents, newspapers, land deeds, even playing cards.  These items had a stamp on the them and each cost would differ. In the past, taxes in the colonies had been to regulate commerce, not to raise money, so this bothered many colonists. Not so long after did these opposing colonists protest against these taxes leading to the American Revolution.