The Stamp Act

In 1765 King George the Third passed the Stamp Act to regain money from fighting the French and Indian War. The Stamp Act made the colonists pay taxes on various items such as paper, legal documents, newspapers, ships papers, other publications, and even playing cards.

The Colonists would use the stamps by putting them on the items listed above. Colonists would buy the stamps from a stamp commissioner. The colonists didn't want to pay taxes so they boycotted British goods until the King repealed the Stamp Act on March 18, 1766. Though no commissioner was actually tarred and feathered, the colonists threatened to do it if the tax was not repealed.