American Revolution: The Stamp Act And The Molasses Act

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American Revolution was not a sudden radical change. It was sort of an accelerated evolution. Separation of church and state began. The Anglican Church stopped receiving tax money although the Congregational Church continued its established status. The Anglican Church also became known as the Episcopal. Also, two major acts were put in place, called the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act. The Stamp act actually cut the taxes from the Molasses act, in half, to three cents per gallon. It also differed from the Molasses act, because it included new safeguards to ensure that it would actually be enforced. For merchants, this really meant a change from no tax to a three cents tax. The Stamp act, was a direct British tax on a wide variety of printed materials

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