One  November 1, 1765, the Stamp Act, passed by Parliament and given assent by King George III, took effect in Colonial America. For most Americans of that day, it was an intolerable action that violated the basic principle of "No taxation without representation."

In  Britain, the tax was seen as being implemented in the "easiest and least  objectionable way," which was, of course, a big part of the problem. It seemed  that Parliament had more or less forgotten why there were colonies in America to  begin with. It wasn't because British loved anglophiles had braved the stormy  Atlantic ocean to show their love and devotion to the Crown.

For  all of that though... there is actually a even bigger issue with the Stamp Act  Tax and it was one that would be repeated by Americans themselves in later  years. All of those "papers" that required the Stamp to be affixed included  newspapers and broadsides as well as pamphlets. If those did not have the stamp  attached, they were impounded and destroyed by the Colonial Royal Governments.

Anybody else see a problem with that?