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Teaching The Stamp Act Crisis

The Stamp Act Crisis

In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act. This law made colonists pay a tax on just about every kind of printed paper. The tax applied to about fifty different items in all. This made many of the colonists very angry.

Core Knowledge
Core Knowledge Foundation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Why did the Stamp Act anger the colonists?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

1,2,3
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