Abstract
This chapter focuses on the Stamp Act, a piece of legislation passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1765 to impose a direct tax on British colonies. It examines how the colonies' challenges to Parliament's authority to tax them without representation hardened the resolve of George Grenville's ministry and the vast majority of the House of Commons to preserve the Sugar Act as it was and to pass a stamp tax. It also considers the response of British authorities to petitions against their trade and tax policies, along with the effects of the Stamp Act on Boston's economy, before concluding with a discussion of the extralegal measures taken by Bostonians to show their protest against the Stamp Act.
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