Why Is The Stamp Act Unfair

The Stamp Act, a bill, was created to assist England in paying for the most recent war with France. Many of the British Colonists believed that the Stamp act was highly unfair; however, England believed that the bill was truly right and just, seeing as the colonial taxpayers paid less in other taxes. This act led to the two groups battling against one another to see who was on the correct side of the argument (Beauchemin 9). The Stamp Act was heavily unfair to the American taxpayers due to the mass amounts of trouble and disrupt that England had caused the colonies. In the text, Henry Patrick, a member of the Virginia legislature at that time stated, “Navigation Acts also require us to import European producers through England...we pay more for these products…” (Beauchemin 10). Through the Navigation Acts,

English merchants are taking parts of the colonist’ profits so they, and the government, make money. This only shows that the English parliament were already receiving money from taxes before the Stamp Act was applied. Another quote by Henry Patrick states, “It is true that we benefited from our recent war with France. But it is also true that we paid for it. American militia also fought in that war and these soldiers were paid by colonial taxpayers” (Beauchemin 10). Colonial taxpayers were not only paying for their own soldiers, but they were also paying for English soldiers as well. The war was between England and France, but was fought in the colonies. If it had not been for the English, the colonies would not have even been involved in this conflict to begin with. The colonies only needed protection by England due to the country itself; many of the English enemies would often go after American harbors and ships so they could gain the upper hand against England. Lord South, the leader of England’s parliament stated, “Americans are far outnumbered...if