Stamp Act

noun

, American History.

1. an act of the British Parliament for raising revenue in the American Colonies by requiring the use of stamps and stamped paper for official documents, commercial writings, and various articles: it was to go into effect on November 1, 1765, but met with intense opposition and was repealed in March, 1766.

Stamp Act

noun

1. a law passed by the British Parliament requiring all publications and legal and commercial documents in the American colonies to bear a tax stamp (1765): a cause of unrest in the colonies

Stamp Act

1. A law passed by the British government in 1765 that required the payment of a tax to Britain on a great variety of papers and documents, including newspapers, that were produced in the American colonies. Special stamps were to be attached to the papers and documents as proof that the tax had been paid. The stamp tax was the first direct tax ever levied by Britain on the Americans, who rioted in opposition. The American colonists petitioned King George III to repeal the act, which he did in 1766.

Example Sentences

He controlled every element of the narrative, coordinating protests over unfair taxes, the onerous Stamp Act and the hated forced importation of tea, then publicizing the uproar for an ever-widening audience.

From Seattle Times

“The plan amounts to nothing more than a modern-day version of King George III’s Stamp Act where there was massive taxing and spending without participation of the people’s representatives.”

From Washington Times

He had actually lent his support to the Stamp Act in 1765 and lobbied for a position within the English government as late as 1771.

From Literature

That offer came after increasingly volcanic American reactions to various British provocations: After the 1765 Stamp Act.

From Washington Post

That phrase debuted in 1765 as a protest against the Stamp Act, the British law that taxed American colonists.

From Washington Post