Taxation Without Representation

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Indebted from the Seven Years’ War, British Parliament imposed the Stamp Act, an internal tax levied directly on American colonists. By the fall of 1765, all legal documents and printed materials from wills and deeds to newspapers and playing cards, would require Jason stamp.The Act aroused vehement resistance from the colonists who insisted only their representative assemblies had such authority. Fiery orations and a series of resolutions authored by Patrick Henry led the opposition diplomatically, while mobs took to the streets. This issue of taxation without representation commenced a period of strained relations that eventually escalated to the point of armed rebellion.Pairs with the House of Burgesses, burgers, and bang snaps. >: [