STAMP ACT

. The colonists had no such representation in British Parliament; therefore the Stamp Act was unconstitutional.

The British,colonists,and the parliament George Greenville were all involved in this act.

WHEN IT HAPPENED&WHAT HAPPENED. first the British put British tax on colonists Instituted in November1765. Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it.

WHERE IT HAPPENED

• The Stamp Act took place everywhere in the colonies, in America.

CAUSE OF THE EFFECT

The British thought that they could get away with taxing the colonies so that Britain would have more power and money.

EFFECT OF THE Event

The colonists did a boycott

The British point of view

The British government needed money to pay for the British soldiers and the British officers serving the British colonies in America

The patriot point of view

The patriots in the American revelation wanted American independence

The loyalists point of view

The loyalists thought the king had a right to tax the colonies in exchange for protection from invasion they because the stamp act as another tax needed to be paid.