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Stamp act: why was it important and what did the colonists and loyalists do about it?
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Stamp act: why was it important and what did the colonists and loyalists do about it?

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The Stamp Act was incredibly important because it placed a tax on practically on paper products in the colonies. This British tax was incnredibly unpopular and was one of the major catalysts that led to the American Revolution. 
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