6. the colonists despised the new taxes imposed in 1765 by the act. why was it so named?

The colonists despised the new taxes imposed by the Stamp Act in 1765. The Stamp Act was a law that made it so American colonists must have a stamp on paper documents proving they paid a tax to the British government. This was one of the first taxes implemented by the British government on the American colonists and was the beginning of the end of Great Britian's rule in North America.