1. The Stamp Act
The Most Destructive of the Revenue
Acts

2. The Impact of French-Indian War
• Great Britain and its American colonists fought
together to defeat the French.
• France was expelled from North America
• Great Britain went into debt due to the war.
• The American colonies were taxed by the
British to help pay the debt

3. The New Taxes
• There were four.
• The Stamp Act
• All legal documents must carry a revenue
stamp

4. Illegal Protests
• Sons of Liberty
• Tar and feathering of agents
• Resignation of tax agents

5. Protests
• Lack of colonial voting rights in Parliament
• The colonial legislatures weigh in
• Patrick Henry
• “No taxation without representation”

6. More Protests
• Non-Importation Agreements
• Petitions
• Making clothes
• Stamp Act Congress

7. Repeal
• Stamp Act repealed
• Protest movement continues
• The Patriots
• American Revolution Begins