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- British law taxing colonists: a law passed in the British Parliament in 1765 introducing a tax on legal documents, commercial contracts, licenses, publications, and playing cards in the North American colonies.
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  • Stamp Act 1765 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    The Stamp Act of 1765 (short title Duties in American Colonies Act 1765; 5 George III, c. 12) was the fourth Stamp Act to be passed by the Parliament of Great Britain but the first ...

  • Stamp Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    A stamp act is a law enacted by a government that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. Those that pay the tax receive an official stamp on their ...

  • Stamp Acts of 1765, 1689, Today

    Stamp Act describes in detail what a stamp act is, the first British stamp act of 1689, the stamp act of 1765 which sparked the American Revolution, and stamp acts today. ... Stamp ...

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