22nd march

On this day - March 22 1765 - The "Stamp Act" was passed by the British Parlament

The stamp act was an direct tax on many types of printed paper enforced on the British colonies in 1765. This included legal documents, playing cards, newspapers and magazines. The law was passed in the House of Commons on a 205 against 49 vote on March 22nd. It was implemented by the British government on their American colonies on November 1st 1765. The purpose of the tax was to cover the British expenses from having British troops stationed in the colonies. The tax was immensely unpopular among the colonies, mainly because they felt that tax was created without their consent. This led to protests under the slogan "No taxation  without representation". This was the first joint colonial response to British regulation of the colonies and it contributed to the american revolution just a few years later. The act was repealed on March 18th 1766, just a few months after it was implemented.

One penny stamps