After years of relatively little interference in the local affairs of its American colonies, the English government passed a tax on all printed and legal documents, including newspapers, pamphlets, advertisements, notes and bonds, leases, deeds, and licenses.Mass protests declaring "no taxation without representation" erupted throughout the colonies against the

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The tax on printed and legal documents described in the passage is known as the Stamp Act, which was passed by the English government and led to protests throughout the American colonies under the banner of "no taxation without representation."

After Years of Relatively Little Interference in the Local Affairs