Properties (48)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
Act of Parliament
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gptkbp:aimsTo |
raising revenue
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gptkbp:associatedWith |
economic control
mercantilism British_imperial_policy |
gptkbp:context |
gptkb:post-war_Britain
|
gptkbp:contributedTo |
gptkb:American_Revolution
colonial identity |
gptkbp:description |
unfair taxation
|
gptkbp:enactedBy |
Parliament of Great Britain
Stamp Act |
gptkbp:enforces |
customs_officials
|
gptkbp:established |
customs_duties
|
gptkbp:historicalContext |
colonial governance
|
gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
colonial unity
formation of new government establishment of taxation principles American_independence |
gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
first direct tax on colonies
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Grenville Act
|
gptkbp:impact |
gptkb:American_colonies
|
gptkbp:influenced |
Declaration of Independence
Constitutional debates future taxation policies |
gptkbp:influencedBy |
Seven Years' War
|
gptkbp:inspiration |
political activism
|
gptkbp:internationalClassification |
colonial resistance
|
gptkbp:introduced |
gptkb:George_Grenville
|
gptkbp:issueFeePaid |
gptkb:Southern_Colonies
gptkb:Middle_Colonies gptkb:New_England |
gptkbp:ledTo |
gptkb:Stamp_Act_Congress
increased tensions revolutionary sentiment colonial unrest |
gptkbp:notableEvent |
Intolerable Acts
Tea Act Currency Act |
gptkbp:partOf |
Sugar Act
|
gptkbp:relatedTo |
British_taxation_policy
|
gptkbp:revenue |
limited
pay off war debt |
gptkbp:sparked |
protests
smuggling boycotts |
gptkbp:targets |
sugar
molasses |
gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1764
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