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Greenville had made almost no dent in the national debt of Britain so in 1765 he made the Stamp Act pass in parliament. The Stamp Act imposed a tax on various colonial documents including: newspapers, pamphlets, contracts, court documents, licenses, deeds, wills, ships’ bills of lading. It also required that a special stamp be embossed on the documents proving that the tax had been paid. Unlike the Sugar Act, which was part of a trade regulation system, the Stamp act instituted a tax whose purpose was plainly and simply to raise money, also, the tax had to be paid in sterling silver which made it even more unpopular because this was more hard to come by than other means of payment were.
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