Unfortunately there were rejections by the nine colonial legislatures and others and in March 1766 Parliament revoked it. Although the Stamp Act was revoked the British thought that the colonies had to pay the royal government in the colonies. The Townshend Duties of 1765 taxed imports which caused boycotts and smugglers. The Boston Massacre of 1770 also occurred when angry group of soldiers fired into a crowd killing five people. The Boston Tea Party of 1773 which was apolitical protest from the Sons of Liberty in Boston soon led to the first continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774. The delegates wanted to impose taxes, and enforce laws. The Tea Act also allowed the monopoly of the tea trade in America. But the Americans refused and threw the tea
Unfortunately there were rejections by the nine colonial legislatures and others and in March 1766 Parliament revoked it. Although the Stamp Act was revoked the British thought that the colonies had to pay the royal government in the colonies. The Townshend Duties of 1765 taxed imports which caused boycotts and smugglers. The Boston Massacre of 1770 also occurred when angry group of soldiers fired into a crowd killing five people. The Boston Tea Party of 1773 which was apolitical protest from the Sons of Liberty in Boston soon led to the first continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774. The delegates wanted to impose taxes, and enforce laws. The Tea Act also allowed the monopoly of the tea trade in America. But the Americans refused and threw the tea