The stamp act of 1765 was named for
a. a tax related to mailing and postage stamps.
b. a desire to “stamp” out a tax and end it.
c. the act of handing in stamps bought in advance.
d. stamps that taxed all papers, pamphlets, and cards.

The Stamp Act of 1765 was a direct tax implemented by the British Parliament on the American colonies. Choice D will be the correct answer because, the act required that most of the printed materials of the colonies and plantations be put on stamped paper, which was produce in London. In other words, this was a way for Britain to control the new colonies and to obliged then to British rule.

Furthermore, the new tax was to be paid in British money rather than colonial printed money. Some of the affected printed materials were newspapers, playing cards, magazines as well as legal documents.

The principal objective of this tax was to pay for the British troops based in the American colonies. The Stamp Act was considered by the colonist as a violation of their rights and therefore became very unpopular. There were many subsequent legal actions taking by the colonist against Britain ant its Parliament.  

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals