American reaction to The Stamp Act (1765)
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- American reaction to The Stamp Act (1765)
- Protest groups were formed. E.G. The Sons of Liberty, led by Samuel Adams
- Sons of Liberty encouraged colonists to boycott any paper product listed for taxation
- Colonists created their American reaction to The Stamp Act (1765)own stamp, replacing the English rose with a skull and cross bones
- Philadelphia Journal stopped publishing their paper and refused to resume until the stamp act was repealed
- Sons of Liberty members sometimes used militant tactics. E.G. destroyed homes of British officials and attacked tax collectors
- No taxation without representation
- 1766 the British Government repealed the Stamp Act
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