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STAMP ACT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Stamp Act" is a kind of...):
legislative act; statute (an act passed by a legislative body)
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