CHAPTER 12
LESSON TEN: CONTROL AND COST
We will explore the first major tax introduced to help pay for the French-Indian War: The Stamp Act (1765) was greatly debated in British parliament. We will ex- amine the pros and cons of this debate and recognize that some British politicians correctly anticipated the American reaction. We will learn about the civil unrest of colonists in response to the Stamp Act; a sign of their confidence, stubbornness and determination to stand up for themselves. We will investigate the legality of this taxation in the context of the royal charters.
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