The Stamp Act of 1765 required that all legal documents, permits, commercial contracts, newspapers, wills, pamphlets and playing cards in the colonies be taxed. They were given a special tax stamp to show the tax was paid.<ref>http://ahp.gatech.edu/stamp_act_bp_1765.html</ref> | The Stamp Act of 1765 required that all legal documents, permits, commercial contracts, newspapers, wills, pamphlets and playing cards in the colonies be taxed. They were given a special tax stamp to show the tax was paid.<ref>http://ahp.gatech.edu/stamp_act_bp_1765.html</ref> |