Question

Was the Stamp Act written by the British Government or the American colonists? How might this have contributed to American colonists’ desire to overthrow the British government?

Answer 1

The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. The act, which imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, came at a time when the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years' War (1756-63) and looking to its North American colonies as a revenue source.