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Definition the Stamp Act in American English

the Stamp Act

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a British law of 1765 placing a tax on people living in British North American colonies (=regions ruled by a country in another part of the world). The Act made many people very angry and was one of the causes of the American Revolution.

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Definition the Stamp Act in American English