5-Shilling Tax Stamp

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This image shows what was imprinted on a five-shilling seal under the Stamp Act. The 1765 act required colonists to buy stamps from royal officials and affix them to a variety of documents, including newspapers, wills, and playing cards. Rejecting Parliament’s authority to tax them without their consent, colonists refused to buy or use the stamps.


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