Stamp Act 1765

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The Stamp Act 1765 was a British parliamentary tax on printed materials in the American colonies that sparked widespread protest and helped catalyze the movement toward the American Revolution.

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Generate an image of the Stamp Act 1765 (The Stamp Act 1765 was a British parliamentary tax on printed materials in the American colonies that sparked widespread protest and helped catalyze the movement toward the American Revolution.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
tax law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British America ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currencyOfTax British sterling ⓘ
dateEnacted 1765-03-22 ⓘ
dateRepealed 1766-03-18 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1765-11-01 ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
follows Sugar Act 1764 ⓘ
hasCause British government debt after the Seven Years' War ⓘ
costs of stationing British troops in North America ⓘ
hasEffect attacks on stamp distributors ⓘ
boycotts of British goods ⓘ
contributed to causes of the American Revolution ⓘ
rise of the slogan "no taxation without representation" ⓘ
strengthening of colonial unity ⓘ
widespread colonial protests ⓘ
historicalPeriod prelude to the American Revolution ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
locationOfDebate Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
locationOfProtests Boston ⓘ
Charleston ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
mainSubject imperial-colonial relations ⓘ
taxation without representation ⓘ
namedAfter stamp duty ⓘ
opposedBy American colonists ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Colonies

Sons of Liberty ⓘ
Stamp Act Congress ⓘ
colonial assemblies ⓘ
partOf British taxation of the American colonies ⓘ
relatedTo Declaratory Act 1766 ⓘ
Tea Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act

Townshend Acts ⓘ
repealedBy Repeal of the Stamp Act 1766 ⓘ
requires use of stamped paper ⓘ
signedBy George III ⓘ
taxOn dice ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
licenses ⓘ
newspapers ⓘ
pamphlets ⓘ
playing cards ⓘ
printed materials ⓘ

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Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sons of Liberty → opposedTo → Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
Sons of Liberty → notableEvent → Stamp Act riots ⓘ
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Townshend Acts (tea tax component) → precededBy → Stamp Act ⓘ
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Liberty Tree → associatedWith → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
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Liberty Tree → event → Stamp Act protests ⓘ
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Rhode Island Sons of Liberty → opposedTo → Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
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Peyton Randolph → participantIn → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
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Boston Sons of Liberty → opposedTo → Stamp Act ⓘ
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New York Sons of Liberty → opposed → Stamp Act ⓘ
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Liberty Boys → opposed → Stamp Act ⓘ
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Liberty Boys → notableEvent → Stamp Act protests ⓘ
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John Dickinson → participantIn → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
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Connecticut Sons of Liberty → opposedTo → Stamp Act ⓘ
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South Carolina Sons of Liberty → opposedTo → Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
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Maryland Sons of Liberty → opposed → Stamp Act ⓘ
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North Carolina Sons of Liberty → opposed → Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
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Virginia Sons of Liberty → opposedLaw → Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
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James Otis Jr. → opposedTo → Stamp Act ⓘ
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Sugar Act 1764 → relatedTo → Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
Townshend Acts era → followed → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
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New York Colony → importantEvent → Stamp Act protests ⓘ
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American Revolutionary era → significantEvent → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
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George Grenville → notableWork → Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
Isaac Barré → parliamentaryOppositionTo → Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
Stamp Act Congress → opposedLaw → Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
4th United States Congress → enactedLaw → Stamp Act of 1797 (U.S. internal revenue measure) ⓘ
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British colonial authorities in New York → enforced → Stamp Act ⓘ
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Declaratory Act 1766 → relatedTo → Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
Crown Colony of New Jersey → significantEvent → Stamp Act protests ⓘ
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British Army in North America → associatedWith → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
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Revenue Act 1766 → follows → Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
Revenue Act of 1767 → precededBy → Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
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James Warren → notableEvent → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
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Boston Gazette → associatedWithEvent → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
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Cornelius Harnett → participantIn → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
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Christopher Gadsden → opposedTo → Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
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Isaac Barré → spokeAgainst → Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
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Whig (American Revolution) → associatedWithEvent → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
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Pennsylvania colonial government → significantEvent → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
linked to: Stamp Act 1765
Pennsylvania Chronicle → opposed → Stamp Act ⓘ
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Sons of Liberty in New York → opposedTo → Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
linked to: Stamp Act 1765
British colonial authorities in New Jersey → appliesPolicy → Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
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Daughters of Liberty → opposedTo → Stamp Act ⓘ
linked to: Stamp Act 1765
Daughters of Liberty → associatedWithEvent → Stamp Act crisis ⓘ
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Portrait of George Grenville → depictsNotableFor → Stamp Act of 1765 ⓘ
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