1.In October of 1765, delegates from 9 colonies met to issue petitions to the British Government denying Parliament's authority to tax the colonies. ...
2.On the verge of the American Revolution, Committees of Correspondence were formed in cities and regions throughout the American colonies. ...
3.Instead of levying a duty on trade goods, the Stamp Act imposed a direct tax on the colonists.
if your question is asking : What act of Parliament taxed paper items in order to raise money to help pay the government's debt? then the answer would be the stamp act.