The Stamp Act | The White House Founders Museum

Why did The Stamp Act happen? In 1765, Parliament taxed more than paper — it taxed an entire way of life. It didn’t just anger colonists… it united them.
For the first time, Parliament imposed an internal tax on the colonies without their consent. Printers, merchants, lawyers, students, and ordinary families felt the impact immediately. Across the colonies, a single phrase spread like wildfire:
“No taxation without representation.”
In this episode of Road To Liberty, we explain the Stamp Act through the eyes of a Boston printer, watching as resistance grows from quiet outrage to open defiance. Crowds gather. Effigies burn. Stamped papers feed the flames. And for the first time, Americans from different colonies and social classes begin to act together.
Though the Stamp Act was eventually repealed, the damage was done. The protests it inspired would lead to the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and ultimately the American Revolution itself.

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