The stamp act of 1765 was named for
a. a tax related to mailing and postage stamps.
b. a desire to “stamp” out a tax and end it.
c. the act of handing in stamps bought in advance.
d. stamps that taxed all papers, pamphlets, and cards.

The Stamp Act of 1765 was a direct tax implemented by the British Parliament on the American colonies. Choice D will be the correct answer because, the act required that most of the printed materials of the colonies and plantations be put on stamped paper, which was produce in London. In other words, this was a way for Britain to control the new colonies and to obliged then to British rule.

Furthermore, the new tax was to be paid in British money rather than colonial printed money. Some of the affected printed materials were newspapers, playing cards, magazines as well as legal documents.

The principal objective of this tax was to pay for the British troops based in the American colonies. The Stamp Act was considered by the colonist as a violation of their rights and therefore became very unpopular. There were many subsequent legal actions taking by the colonist against Britain ant its Parliament.  

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