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Stamp Act

A Dictionary of British History | 2004 | | © A Dictionary of British History 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Stamp Act, 1765. The Stamp Act, introduced by George Grenville, imposed duties on goods and services (legal documents, appointments to public offices, ship's papers, etc.) in the British colonies in order to raise money for military expenses in America. Protests against Parliament's right to tax the colonies, widespread discussions of political liberty, crowd violence, and trade boycotts followed. In Britain, petitions from British merchants led to its repeal by the Rockingham Whigs in 1766. But repeal was accompanied by the Declaratory Act.

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