The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first direct tax levied by Parliament on the American colonies. The Act required that
a. colonists purchase postage stamps directly from government agents rather than from private shippers in order to transport goods within the American colonies.
b. the colonial assemblies endorse the new taxes or risk having their institutions of self- government dissolved
c. colonists apply for and purchase "letters of transit" from government officials before travelling between colonies
d. tax collectors and stamp distributors be recruited from the colonies to give the impression that the colonists were taxing themselves