This was to be the first direct tax on the American colonies. ... The Stamp Act was an act extended to the colonies. ... The American colonist's opposition to the Stamp Act contributed substantially to the rise of American nationalist sentiment, and the conflict between the colonists and the British government over the Stamp Act was often considered one of the chief immediate causes of the American Revolution. ... The previous Molasses Act, Navigation Acts, and the Sugar Act suddenly were seen as an ominous prelude to this final below, the period from the signing of the treaty ending ...

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