Stamp Act Dbq

The Stamp Act
The fire was crackling, ashes spewing everywhere. Jonathan was sitting next to the fire as the snow dripped off of his hands. Needing to pass the time, I began to think and decided to tell Jonathan a story.
“Son, do you want to hear of the dreaded act?”, I inquired.
“Alright”, he said wholeheartedly. His green eyes looking back into mine,black hair combed over his head as he settled onto the maroon red bench.
I soon began find all recollection of my memory to explain how the Stamp Act was introduced by the British in 1765. It’s purpose was to raise money for the British army that was used for the French and Indian War. The Stamp Act required stamps for public documents for legal documents since Great Britain was left with a large national debt from the Seven Years’ War. The British government felt that since the colonies benefited from the war, they should contribute to the expenses. “In 1742, Paul Faneuil had built a center of commerce, but with so many issues we were having, many of us used it as a meeting place.”(Stamps of Injustice 1 )People lost money by the masses and smuggling things became a solution.
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During.During the Summer of 1765, there were many protests in the colonies after Henry’s speech.Today was the day that the these protests involved everyone from civic leaders to street mobs that caused many issues for the British. In many cities and towns the quote from Patrick Henry became “no taxation without representation.”Patrick Henry was an extremely important man that lead to the revolution.He sparked a lot of speech to begin protesting. Faneuil Hall was an important meeting place for patriots as this is where the Sugar and Stamp acts were first protested.The Sons of Liberty were an organization of patriots leading most of these protests. Many acts of violence and a lot of pressure was centered towards the Stamp