The stamp act was one of afew of the first acts that pushes us towards the edge of war for freedom. Some of the other acts include the Sugar act, Curency, and the Quartering acts. The stamp act put a tax on many many things from playing cards to documents and mortgage papers. Which lead to outrage through the colonies and the British then put some more taxes in and short story, lead to the Boston tea party, and then not long after we declared war for independence from Britain.