What is Stamp Act 1765?
{{Infobox UK legislation |short_title = Duties in American Colonies Act |parliament = Parliament of Great Britain |long_title = An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same; and for amending such parts of the several acts of parliament relating to the trade and revenues of the said colonies and plantations, as direct the manner of determining and recovering the penalties and forfeitures therein mentioned. |year =2001 |statute_book_chapter = 5 [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]], c. 12 |introduced_by = The Right Honourable [[George Grenville]], MP<br/><small>Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader of the House of Commons</small> |territorial_extent = *British America and the British West Indies |royal_assent = 22 March 1765 |commencement = 1 November 1765 |repeal_date = 18 March 1766 |amendments = |related_legislation = [[Declaratory Act]] |repealing_legislation= Act Repealing the Stamp Act 1766 |status = Repealed |original_text = |legislation_history = |use_new_UK-LEG = }} The ''Stamp Act 1765'' was made by the [[Parliament of Great Britain]] in 1765, which affected things like paper and prints or any legal document, and needed to be paid in British currency, also to show that they paid, every paper needed a revenue stamp, similar to a [[postage stamp]]. The purpose of the [[tax]] was to pay for troops in [[North America]] after the British victory in the [[Seven Years' War]] and the [[French and Indian War]]. ==Other websites== * {{wikisource-inline|Category:Stamp Act (1765)|Stamp Act (1765)}} * [http://ahp.gatech.edu/stamp_act_bp_1765.html Text of the 1765 Stamp Act] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317013604/http://ahp.gatech.edu/stamp_act_bp_1765.html |date=2011-03-17 }} * [https:/