Stamp Act (1765) Direct tax on the colonies requiring all printed materials (legal documents, deeds, newspapers, magazines, etc.) to have a stamp on them
Colonists had to pay stamp collectors to get stamps
Declaratory Act (1766) Repealed the Stamp Act
...but, said parliament "had, hath, and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America ... in all cases whatsoever"
Meant more acts would be coming…
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