Timper

Saturday, February 6, 2010
There are many reasons to support the Morgans claim that Prime Minister George Grenville support of the stamp act was designed to do more than raise a revenue from the colonies, it aimed at asserting the principle of Parliamentary control. The Stamp Act was an important act introduced by the British
prime minister George Grenville and it was passed on March 22,1765 by the
British Parliament. It’s purpose was to raise money for the British army
stationed in the American colonies. The Stamp Act required tax stamps
for public documents such as, newspapers, legal documents, customs
documents, licenses, playing cards, deeds, and almanacs. One of the real reasons I believe that Prime Minister George Grenville supported the stamp act was to maintain imperial British control. Remember that, England did not view the colonists as having their own separate nation. They still looked at the Americans as living under the crown of England and still a part of the British Empire. In order to maintain dominance over the British American colonies the Parliament placed a tax on any goods being transferred within the colonies and any products being traded with the colonies. I imagine that putting a tax on items being bought and sold by the American people would not allow business and trade to grow within the colonies. THe colonists were already struggling to prosper and form new ways of trade and commerce before being hindered by taxation from the British. Now with the stamp act the gorwth of the trade industry will be limited even more.