Stamp+Act

__**//The Stamp Act of 1765//**__

When Britain won the French and Indian War, they needed money. This money was needed to pay for soldiers, equipment, and the ship to get to America. To get this money they had to have the colonists pay extra taxes (or so they said). They created new tax laws in order to make money. The Stamp Act was passed by King George III and Parliament on March 22 of 1765. The Stamp Act said that in order to buy **//anything//** printed on paper you would have to buy a special stamp along with it to prove that you had payed the tax. This made the colonists furious. There were many protests against this tax. Even the women pitched in and made a protest. They called their protest The Daughters of Liberty. The Daughters of Liberty used their sewing skills to sew clothing for all the town's people so they would not have to buy British cloth. **//Eventually//**, Britain put an end to the Stamp Act due to protests and boycotts.

http://brandeis.wikispaces.com/King+George+III http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act_1765 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act