In March of 1765, British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. The American colonists had not been paying their taxes for quite a while, so Parliament decided to begin taxing them on every piece of printed paper they bought. This included all licenses, newspapers, legal and ship documents, even tobacco and playing cards. The revenue from the collected taxes was used to keep peace between the Native Americans and the colonists. However, the new taxes made the colonists very upset, they did not agree whatsoever with this new law. The added tax was not much money, but it wasn’t the money that upset the colonists. What upset the colonists was the fact that Parliament was doing this on their own, without consulting the colonies first. This created
