1. The Stamp Act: A War Beneath a War By: Kelli Cochran By: Kelli Cochran

2. What was the Stamp Act? ► The Stamp Act was one of the first direct British taxes on American colonists. It began in November 1765. ► The Stamp Act was an act that put a tax on all legal and public documents: newspapers, pamphlets, any type of papers and even playing cards.

3. How did it come about? ► The French and Indian War was very expensive and the British had to pay the debts. The British government also just received a new territory- Canada. In order to pay for these debts, the British Government decided to charge a series of taxes on the American colonists.

4. How did it impacted the colonists? ► It was costly to the colonists because they relied heavily on written documents. ► It made the colonists angry because it was taxation on them without representation in the British Parliament.

5. How did the colonists react? ► The colonists protested by boycotting, burning effigies (dolls meant to look like tax collectors), burning buildings, tarring and feathering tax collectors. ► The colonists made the Stamp Act Congress who discussed how to responsibly deal with the Stamp Act. They made a document called the Deceleration of Rights and Grievances. It stated that the American colonists had as much rights as the British colonists and how unfair the taxes were.

6. The Outcome ► Parliament finally repealed the Stamp Act in 1766.

7. How does the Stamp Act relate to the topic Nationalism? ► By creating the Stamp Act Congress, the colonists formed the base of our Continental Congress. ► The colonists became more unified in their opposition to the Stamp Act which lead to a feeling of nationalism in America. ► This growing American nationalism ultimately lead to the Revolution.