How did colonists resist the Stamp Act?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. The Stamp Act of 1765 placed a tax on newspapers and printed matter produced in the colonies.
2. The Stamp Act was passed by Parliament to reduce England’s debt following the Seven Years’ War.
3. Patrick Henry introduced the Virginia Resolutions in the House of Burgesses to protest the Stamp Act, declaring that Virginians had the right to tax themselves, and attempts to collect stamp revenues were illegal and an attempt to destroy liberty.
4. Newspapers printed the Virginia Resolutions.
5. Representatives from nine colonies met for the Stamp Act Congress, drafting petitions to the king and parliament restating the colonists’ belief that only colonial representatives could tax the colonies.
6. Resistance to the Stamp Act spread to the streets, stamp distributors resigned, and daily life
mostly resumed.
7. The Sons of Liberty persuaded colonial merchants to boycott British goods, sometimes with
threats of tar and feathers, and colonial women shunned imported items.
8. The Stamp Act was rescinded by the House of Commons in 1766.
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