There was a series of causes leading up to the American Revolution that took place over many years, most having to do with taxation. TheMolasses Act, the Proclamation of 1763, the Currency Actand the Sugar Act, all caused resentment by restricting colonial trade and ingenuity, in order to benefit the mothercountry at the colonists' expense. The Stamp Act, however, took things to a whole new level. The Stamp Act marked Parliament's very The Stamp Actcalled for various items such as licenses, documents, diplomas and nearly every paper item to be printed on stamped or embossed paper. The paper had a tax on it and had to be bought from a government stamped-paper office. The stamp was not a stamp in the sense of a small piece of paper with glue on the back that is affixed to an envelope like we use today. Instead a more similar modern day equivalent would be the notary stamp that is used to mark official documents. A notary public takes so
