The Seven Year’s war or better known as the French and Indian war, that lasted from 1754 to 1762, left Britain with a huge debt to pay. A Prime minister by the name of George Grenville had a revenue program that would make colonist pay taxes. In that revenue program, the Stamp Act of 1765 was created. The Stamp Act extracted revenue from the colonies by requiring that paper used for official documents such as, newspapers, court documents, and even playing cards, were to be taxed. The Stamp Act also required that all official documents should provide a stamp, proving that the tax has been paid for. If there was no stamp on the paper, then that paper would be declared illegal and void. This affected all colonist alike, but mostly legal communities
