The Parliament
decided to use stamp taxes. Stamp taxes were levied on paper goods, documents,
everything printed and similar items. The tax was collected and a tax stamp was
shown with the item and that indicated that it was paid fairly. Stamp acts had
been a very successful method of taxation within Great Britain. It generated
over £100,000 in tax revenue with very little in collection expenses, a
document without the required stamp would be null and void under British law.
Opposition began
to form by the colonies and other places. The discussion of this method of
taxation had been discussed the following year and it was taken as a part of
the Sugar Act. The colonies were concerned about this situation especially the
colonial leaders because it was the first internal tax to be levied on the
colonies. This situation was viewed for the Parliament as a lesson for the
colonial courts.
The Committees
of Correspondence, the Sons Of Liberty, and the system of boycotts were to be
used later in protest against future Britain taxes as they were used in the
Stamp Act. Then the taxation without representation was used as a key part for
the colonial protests. The Stamp Act along with other future taxes helped the
colonies through the path of the American Revolution.
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