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 described in the passage is known as the Stamp Act, which was passed by the English government in 1765. This tax required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for all legal documents, and played a significant role in bringing about the American Revolution. The other choices (A, C, and D) are not accurate descriptions of the tax in question.

After Years of Relatively Little Interference in the Local Affairs