Show STAMP ACT PASSED On January 10 1765 1165 tho British parliament t t. passed the much hated stamp act Time Tho act signed by b George Geor e Ill I provided for granting and null supplying supplying sup sup- 1 plying certain tamp stamp duties s and other duties in iii time the British colonies and plantations in America toward I further defraying the expense e of or de dc defending do- do fending protecting an and amid securing the same Tho rhe stamp act pr prescribed crI cd 1 m 11 I that stamp naper naner bo be used for legal and official documents diplomas and amid certificates 2 that tamps stamps be placed on playing cards dice pamphlets calendars almanacs and wilier other articles and 3 that jury trial be lie denied offenders at t the discretion ills dis of authorized prosecuting o 0 Ulcers officers 1 1 leers When hen news Hews of oC Its passage reached reached- America there thero arose an aim immediate cry crr against taxation without t representation Man Ian Many stamp agents mobbed and amid the I stamps de destroyed so s' J that time the net had tl been n virtually nullified before I it was pu put 1 In into to effect |