How Did The British React To The Stamp Act

In 1756 the British Parliament imposed a tax, called the Stamp Tax on the British colonies. This tax required all the citizens of the 13 colonies to pay a small amount on all their paper and paper items. The tax was introduced because the British were in heavy debt from the French and Indian war which lasted from 1754-1763. The British saw this as an efficient way to pay back their debts and had no intention for troubling the colonists. When the Stamp Act was enacted the colonists were outraged and reacted in a very poor manor. When the stamp act was passed, the colonists reaction was very different from what the British had originally thought. The colonists were truly mad, which led them to take harsh actions. The colonists; not putting up with the new tax, had to change their lifestyle quite a bit and learn how to adapt to the new circumstance. An overall reaction from the colonists was anger and violence. The

Most of the colonists were not angered because of the money going towards the British, but the fact that they passed the tax without consent from the Colonists. The American Colonists did not get to elect any representatives to the Parliament, therefore they had no representation in the British Parliament. No one could argue the Colonists point of view, so every law that was passed came from only the British standpoint. The colonists had no voice in law making and other major decisions. For example, in the Boston Gazette a colonist stated, " Awake my countrymen and defeat those who want to enslave us," meaning the colonists thought that if they didn't get the same right to vote that the British did then they