Stamp Act

On Feb, 6, 1765 General Grenville rose in parliament to offer 55 resolutions for his stamp bill. the bill was passed on Feb. 17th and was approved on March 8th. The stamp act was a serious attempt to place government authority into the colonies. Britain was in serious dept after to seven years war so the dept had grown from 72,289,673 to 129,586,789. the dept made the taxation so serious that major threat of revolt formed.