Tax collected on every document or newspaper printed or used in colonies.

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Tax collected on every document or newspaper printed or used in colonies.

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Stamp tax

This was required following the enactment of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament in 1765. The stamp tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper used in the colonies