The Stamp Act Facts

• The British Parliament made the decision to install the Stamp Act On March 22, 1765.
• It was not scheduled to take effect until November 1st. 
• It Gave The Colonist half a year to let the government know their opinion. 
• Massachusetts had experimented with the Stamp duties before 1765. 
• American Colonist were forced to pay the fee on every single piece of paper.
• Officials placed a Stamp as proof of the payment. 
• The People who were most effected by this act was lawyers, printers, merchants, ministers, and business people. 
• In order to pass the law Britain had to help organize colonial protest to extend the Act.
• This was the most significant causes of the American Revolution.