Revolutionary America! What Was the Problem? Territory and Taxes--Tax stamp

Territory and Taxes

Tax Stamp

In this photo:
TAX STAMP, British revenue 1765-1766
	On loan from the collection of:
		--Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston MA

A TAX STAMP

The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed all paper products - legal documents, business records, even playing cards - and specified that taxes be paid in "hard money." This Act threatened every single American and would drain all coinage from the colonies.

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Territory and Taxes
	Tax Stamp (You are here)
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		Bullets Fired During the Boston Massacre
		Original Tea Leaves From the Boston Tea Party
Early Troublemakers
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