Embossed Tax Stamp

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This image shows the embossed paper that was to be used under the Stamp Act. The 1765 act required colonists to buy stamped paper from royal officials that would be used for documents such as newspapers, wills, and diplomas. Colonists rejecting Parliament’s authority to tax them without their consent and refused to buy or use the stamps.


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