The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Parliament of Great Britain">British Parliament</a> passes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act_1765" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stamp Act 1765">Stamp Act</a> that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_colonization_of_the_Americas" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British colonization of the Americas">American colonies</a>.