The Stamp Act was passed by Parliament in March 22, 1765 by the British Parliament to tax on the 13 Colonies to pay off the French Indian War debt. They stamp act was a tax on paper products like newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents. Most of the colonists said that the war was fought on their soil, that they had pay by losing boys, and they had no representation. In October of 1765 representatives met together to talk about the Stamp Act. In March of 1766 it was repealed. How would a family in the colonies react when they found out about the Stamp Act? It would have caused divisions in the colonies. How would the father of the family come home when he found out? As a farmer he would come angry. He talk how he saw many good fellow …show more content…
they would want to join the tar feathering. Then they would talk about joining to fight if there was a war. They would ask why do they need to pay a tax when they had no representation in Parliament. As kids they would most likely play cards with each other. Why would the boys have to pay more money on 52 pieces of paper they would most likely ask. At the end they probably say the stamp act is as bad as the sugar act. Most mothers worry about their children. As most mothers the mother of the family will say no to fighting in wars. They have no understanding of the matter. The boys should watch what they say in public because some people are in favor in the Stamp Act. Then the mother would have tried to convince the father not go a tar and feather. After arguing with the father the parents would have sent the boys to bed. After a long the mother would presumably ask if a war between the colonists would happen. The father would have responded with he does not know. In the colonies the people would argue if the stamp act was just. Also families would argue to let their boys participate. The father would want to be part of the action. The boys would have wanted to be with their father and fight people in favor of the Stamp Act. The mother would had say no to boys and try to convince the father not to be part of the action. This is how a family would react to the Stamp
Hello. My name is Andrew Loklen, and this story is about how my family felt about the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on every printed piece of paper, such as documents, newspapers, and playing cards. The Stamp Act was passed on March 22, 1765. This story took place on October 25, 1965.
1. What arguments did the colonist use to oppose the Stamp Act? The colonist were completely enraged when Britain enforced the harsher tax, the Stamp Act. The colonist felt that taxation without consent was a violation of their rights so they started to protest. The way the colonist opposed the Act was by filling the colonial newspapers, pamphlets defending colonial rights, colonial assemblies and even attacking tax collectors and officials.
“A Colonial Family 's Reaction to the Stamp Act It is 1765 in the colonies and the seven year 's war has just ended the long rivalry between France and Britain for control of North America, leaving Britain in possession of Canada and France without a footing on the continent. Victory in the war, however, had saddled the British Empire with a tremendous debt. Since the American colonists benefited from the war. The British government decided that the colonists should shoulder part of the wars cost.
A Colonial family’s Reaction to the Stamp Act. “Ma? What is happening in the town with all those men? I heard something about the French and Indian war. Are we okay ma?”
The Stamp Act The Stamp Act was a tax placed on the American colonies by the British in 1765. It said they had to pay a tax on all sorts of printed materials such as newspapers, magazines and legal documents. It was called the Stamp Act because the colonies were supposed to buy paper from Britain. The items bought had to have an official stamp on it that showed they had paid the tax. No Representation The colonists
Anyway, Stamp Act was working negatively to us as Sugar Act was (117). As you know I am a part of patriots community. Right after the Stamp Act was established, we, Sons of Liberty in New York, attempted to resolve the problem and proposed "a Congress of the Sons of Liberty" in order to establish a uniform society (117). Our effort failed, but Committees of Correspondence were created, loosely connecting all the colonies. This connection helped to unite colonies together.
This document, called “Benjamin Franklin, Testimony Against the Stamp Act” is written by Benjamin Franklin. It discusses about the Stamp Act. The document was what the American colonists have felt about the Stamp Act and their responses to it. Benjamin Franklin pointed out that the British government had an opinion. The opinion was that many colonists owed England for the Seven Year War.
Our family cares more about Taxation without Representation then the Stamp Act itself. It’s one thing that the colonial assembly in New York had already used a stamp system to raise tax revenues for the colonies since it was voted for in New York, but I feel that it is quite different when the Crown puts this tax in place without even considering what the colonies might feel about
It is March 29, 1765 and the stamp act was enacted about a week ago. The Crane family is very upset over this act enforced by the British Parliament because they do not have a lot of money and it will cause a hardship for them financially. This act made people pay taxes on any printed legal document. Bruce Crane, his wife, and his three children were very upset over this act.
The way the colonists reacted to the Stamp Acts is that they boycotted British goods. King George III reacted by repealing the Stamp Act and put the Declaratory Act in to that same day. The Declaratory Act is a law that stated that Parliament had the right to tax the colonies
They grow to worry not only about their son in the army, but the future of their two children. The Johnsons have no extra money and have to send letters to their son in the army. There was a tax for every paper you would
Today is December 1, 1765, which marks exactly a month since the Stamp Act has taken effect. However, it has been months since the British Parliament passed it on March 22, 1765. Today marks an unexpected and truly heart-rending day in my life. My husband, Mr. Andrew Rothman Lewis II, passed onto a better place after a short and severe case of smallpox. A day before the parliament dropped the tax, my husband was diagnosed with smallpox.
The house is filled with Father and Thomas 's yells. Why can 't my family understand that my brother, Thomas, is a Whig? He only has different stand points on this new act England has passed, The Stamp Act. Ever since March 22, 1765 when the Stamp Act was passed (history.com) that 's all that is talked about in the colonies anymore. I wish I could tell them that I am a Whig too, but Mother and Father would hate me forever.
The chilly, crisp New England breeze stung my face, as I approached my family 's modest home. The sun was just beginning to dip below the trees, as I snuck through the sturdy oak door to the house. The door swung open with a slow squeak and an instant surge of heat washed over me like a wave, warming my numb fingers. I recognized the familiar crackle of burning wood in the fireplace before stepping past the arched doorway to the kitchen. "
Tonight, a warm summer night in 1765, I was sitting down with my family for dinner. News had spread around that there was a recent act passed by the motherland, called The Stamp Act. “I find this... odd, that 's all.” I spoke to my wife, Mary, looking to my dinner in front of me. “You know, this... “Stamp Act” being passed.”