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The two kinds of 'British Bad' from the former colonies Early Modern Period (~1600 AD) 19th Century History (media.piefed.social)

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The two kinds of 'British Bad' from the former colonies

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[–] ManixT@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I don't think they taxed stamps, they were tax stamps on goods indicating that taxes have been paid (to people they didn't want to pay taxes to).

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[–] teft@piefed.social 7 points 1 year ago

They were stamps as in they were stamped into paper. The stamp act 1765 was about that. Basically anything printed in america had to be printed on paper from london. That paper had a stamp embossed on each sheet.

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