A history of the United States for Catholic schools . instead of a sheep. 238. The Stamp Act. Adhering to her right to tax the col-onies, England now passed the Stamp Act (1765) in order toraise money for the sup-port of a standing armyin the colonies. TheStamp Act requiredthat all legal documents(notes, bonds, deeds,mortgages, licenses)and newspapers mustbe printed on paperbearing governmentstamps, the cost ofwhich varied from onecent to fifty king thought thatthe stamp tax was notonly less annoying thanany other kind of tax,but that it would alsoprove very effective inraising mon
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . instead of a sheep. 238. The Stamp Act. Adhering to her right to tax the col-onies, England now passed the Stamp Act (1765) in order toraise money for the sup-port of a standing armyin the colonies. TheStamp Act requiredthat all legal documents(notes, bonds, deeds,mortgages, licenses)and newspapers mustbe printed on paperbearing governmentstamps, the cost ofwhich varied from onecent to fifty king thought thatthe stamp tax was notonly less annoying thanany other kind of tax,but that it would alsoprove very effective inraising money, since itwould enforce itself. The Stamp Act aroused a storm of angry opposition through-out the colonies. The colonists loudly declared that taxationwithout representation is tyranny, and that Parliament couldtax them only by the consent of the colonial assemblies. SamuelAdams and James Otis in Massachusetts, and Patrick Henryin Virginia, with overpowering eloquence, stirred up resistanceto the Stamp Act throughout the colonies. In the Virginia. PATRICK HENRY 174 A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES legislature, Patrick Henry, in an exciting debate, declaredthat the British king had acted the part of a tyrant. Then heexclaimed: Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First hisCromwell, and George the Third — Treason! Treason!shouted one of the members. Patrick Henry paused a moment,and then calmly added, may profit by their examples. If thisbe treason, make the most of it. The Sons of Liberty, a patriotic society, was organizedto resist the Stamp Act. Benjamin Franklin, the Americanagent at London, wrote: The sun of liberty has set; nowwe must light the lamp of industry and economy. The colo-nial women, understanding his words, formed themselves intosocieties called Daughters of Liberty. These patrioticwomen agreed to buy no more goods imported from spun yarn from which they wove cloth and knittedstockings for the men to wear. Instead of imported tea theyused dried rasi
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