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The British Parlament passed the Stamp Act in 1765. There was an official stamp needed on all legal documents and newspapers.This small print of a skull and crossbones shows colonists where to place stamps upon paper which fell under the new imperial tax code. The stamp act was a new type of tax that stated all goods within the colonies had to be taxed. People strongly disagreed with this tax so they protested. They protested agenst the stamp act by burning the stamp act pappers in boston.