Glossary Term – Event
Stamp Act
Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which imposed a tax on all newspapers, legal documents, playing cards, dice, almanacs, and pamphlets. The act highlighted the issue of taxation without representation.
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Virginia Resolves
The Virginia House of Burgesses passed the Virginia Resolves, which invalidated the Stamp Act passed by Parliament.
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Boston Stamp Act uprising
Royal stamp collector Andrew Oliver was hanged in effigy from the Liberty Tree by Bostonians protesting the Stamp Act.
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Stamp Act Congress met
The Stamp Act Congress, consisting of delegates from nine colonies, met in New York to organize united resistance to the Stamp Act. It called on the colonies to protest the act by refusing to import goods that required purchase of a stamp.
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Stamp Act repealed; Declaratory Act passed
The Stamp Act was repealed, but the Declaratory Act was passed. The new law made Parliament’s laws binding “in all cases whatsoever.”
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Stamp Act resistance in Georgia
The Georgia legislature resisted the Stamp Act and was later dissolved by the royal governor.