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| Because Britain had accumulated large debts in its wars with France, Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765. The act was intended to generate revenues that would help pay for the cost of maintaining a permanent force of British troops in the American colonies. All official documents, including deeds, mortgages, newspapers, and pamphlets, had to bear British government stamps in order to be deemed legal. | ||||||
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