The owner of the land didn’t want it anymore and needed money to fight its own battle, allowing the us to purchase a large chunk of land for 12 million!
It improved it a lot because schools started to open longer hours and teach different types of curriculums
The Americans were upset over the Stamp Act because Great Britain imposed an internal tax on all paper documents in her colonies. If the Americans wanted anything printed, it had to be printed in the United Kingdom and there was a tax or levy imposed on the printed documents. The reason for the Stamp Act was that Great Britain was in debt after the Seven Years War, and she was looking to recoup her losses after the war. Needless to say, the Americans were very unhappy that they were being punished for the war.
