This 1765 revenue law of the british parliament succeeded in angering the american colonists, not because it taxed most documents but because the colonists had no voice in its passage.

This was the stamp act. The stamp act had people pay taxes which were required for any legal document that was sent anywhere or anything similar. The colonies were angered because they believed in a no taxation without representation doctrine and wanted to have members in the parliament that were chosen by them.

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