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Stamp Act  

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  • The English Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765 to extract revenue from the Anglo-American colonies. The act, which imposed a tax on purchases of paper items, evoked sharp opposition and marked a key point in the development of American revolutionary fervor. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Stamp Act]

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