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Stamp Act Pros And Cons

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Anyway, Stamp Act was working negatively to us as Sugar Act was (117). As you know I am a part of patriots community. Right after the Stamp Act was established, we, Sons of Liberty in New York, attempted to resolve the problem and proposed "a Congress of the Sons of Liberty" in order to establish a uniform society (117). Our effort failed, but Committees of Correspondence were created, loosely connecting all the colonies. This connection helped to unite colonies together. As a result, we could force the British to repeal Stamp Act (117). However, instead of Stamp Act, the British established another law, Declaratory Act (117). Even though we are successfully stop the Stamp Act, I felt we do not have enough power to beat the British. Even if
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Merited by the Stamp Act Congress being established, the Declaratory Act of 1776 was passed. From the colonists point of view, this was a horrendous act that treated the colonists as if they were the slaves of the Parliament; however from the Parliaments point of view, this was just another way to help control the uprising colonies, where if not contained may rebel against their

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Also, the British could search any ship they wanted, so they didn’t let us receive sugar from other countries. The Stamp Act also was very unfair. This was when England made the colonists only buy paper with the English stamp on it. Every paper product had to be made out of it, and this special paper had a heavy tax on it.

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The London Merchants are protesting the Stamp Act. Since the colonists are against the Stamp Act, manufacturers are not able to acquire the materials they need. He believes the trade between the two nations is of utmost importance. The British government repealed the Stamp Act in 1766 in order to quiet the protests from the London merchants. Efforts of colonial unity were unsuccessful as seen with the Albany Plan of Union.

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