HISTORY 7A Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: International Data Group
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Culminates at the separation of the colonies and the crown, and the justification put front to make it seem like it wasn"t done under selfish motivations: the course of early resistance, merchant opposition to the sugar act, general opposition to the stamp act i. Again in opposition to the stamp act in a very diplomatic way: this is significant because it marked the beginning of intercolonial cooperation through the creation of a congress; the colonies finally began to think collectively of their own governance. Stamp act repeal and its aftermath c: parliament finally repealed the stamp act > wasn"t producing the revenue it was intended to because people were boycotting it, many intimidated those assigned to collect taxes > they had no motivation to collect taxes/distribute and collect stamps, the act was essentially unenforceable because there was no one to collect/distribute stamps or collect revenue, benjamin franklin in the house of commons.
