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What are 5 facts about the stamp act

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On October 19, 1765, the Stamp Act Congress adopted a Declaration of Rights and Grievances, which stated among other things that 1) only the colonial assemblies had a right to tax the colonies, 2) trial by jury was a right, and the use of Admiralty Courts was abusive 3) colonists possessed all the Rights of Englishmen, ...

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The taxes for the Stamp Act had to be paid for with British money. They would not take colonial paper money.

John Adams, future president of the United States, wrote a series of resolutions protesting the tax.

The French and Indian War was called the Seven Years War in England.

The British Parliament really thought that the tax was fair. It was not their intention to oppress the colonists.

The Sons of Liberty was started by Massachusetts' patriot Sam Adams.

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