1. The SUGAR AND STAMP ACT
Journal 11

2. Britain in Debt Lord Grenville:
British Citizens in England paying 5x the amount in taxes than the French
Concludes: New Revenue must come from the Americas

3. The Stamp ACt
The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains (10,000 troops were to be stationed on the American frontier for this purpose).

4. The Stamp ACt English Government added extra taxes to: Legal documents
Dice
Declarations
Pamphlets
Wills
Newspapers
University Degrees
Ads in the paper
Bills
Almanacs
Liquor licenses
Calendars.
Playing cards

5. Fact 10
The Stamp Act Stamps had to be paid with 'hard currency' (silver or gold coins) and not in paper money, which was the most common form of payment in the colonies - also refer to Colonial, Continental and Revolutionary Currency  
Merchandise was traded rather than bought and sold. The premise of Triangular Trade was that the different regions would trade goods that they had in abundance in exchange for those goods which were scarce in their own region  
Fact 11
There was no Trial by Jury for anyone who offended the Stamp Act - cases were heard in the Admiralty Courts. There was no trial by jury in the Admiralty Courts. Cases were decided by judges rather than juries. All colonists were involved   
British admiralty courts were used for tax violators, smugglers and for the seizure of cargoes violating the new rules. The Act gave customs agents more power and latitude with respect to executing seizures and enforcing customs law - the majority of colonists would not have been involved

6. The high taxes on lawyers and college students were designed to limit the growth of a professional class in the American colonies