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The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3.c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue stamp.
The Constitutional Courant was a single issue colonial American-newspaper published in response to the Stamp Act of 1765. It was printed by William Goddard under an assumed name of Andrew Marvel. The newspaper vociferously attacked the Stamp Act in strong language, which caught the attention of colonial printers and royal colonial officials alike.
Newspapers were the vehicle that asserted the greatest social and political pressure on the Stamp Act and were instrumental in its repeal less than a year later. [131] [126] The Constitutional Courant was a single issue colonial American newspaper published in response to the Stamp Act. Printed by William Goddard under the assumed name of ...
The Stamp Act of 1765 required various printed materials in the colonies to use stamped paper produced in London, and was effectively a tax on the colonies. [3] The direct imposition of a tax on the colonies by Parliament was controversial, due to the common English belief that the people could only be taxed by their own representatives.
The Stamp Act 1712 (cited either as 10 Ann. c. 18 or as 10 Ann. c. 19 [1]), also known as the Taxation Act 1711, was an act passed in the Kingdom of Great Britain on 1 August 1712 to create a new tax on publishers, particularly of newspapers. [2] [3] [4] Newspapers were subjected to tax and price increased. The stamp tax was a tax on each ...
Under the Inland Revenue Act of 1849 the control of revenue stamps transferred from the Excise Department to the Stamp Department at Somerset House. Proofs and specimens of stamps from 1710 were also deposited. The Stamping Department produced revenue and fee stamps until 1934 when responsibility was transferred to the Stationery Office. [1]
Patrick Henry ' s speech on the Virginia Resolves (1851 painting by Peter F. Rothermel). The Virginia Resolves were a series of resolutions passed on May 29, 1765, by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to the Stamp Act of 1765, which had imposed a tax on the British colonies in North America requiring that material be printed on paper made in London which carried an embossed revenue ...
The Pennsylvania Gazette was one of the United States' most prominent newspapers from 1728 until 1800. In the years leading up to the American Revolution, the newspaper served as a voice for colonial opposition to British colonial rule, especially to the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts.