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| A sailor of African and Native American ancestry. He led an angry group of laborers from Dock Square in Boston to the customshouse on March 5, 1770. He was killed by the Britains and he became one of the first colonists to die in an all-out war for freedom. |
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| Was passed in March, 1765 by parliament, persuaded by Prime Minister George Grenville. It was the first tax that affected colonists, because it was levied on goods and services. It required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac, and imposed special "stamp duties" on packages of playing cards and dice. |
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| Results of the Stamp Act of 1765 |
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| The colonists lost respect for the king's officeholders in America. They also realized that realized that British interests were not identical to their own. |
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A secret resistance group consisting of Boston shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers.
One of the founders was Harvard-educated Samuel Adams, who, although unsuccessful in business and deeply in debt, proved himself to be a powerful and influential political activist. |
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| A 29-year-old lawyer. He put forth resolutions stating that Virginians could only be taxed by the Virginia assembly-that is, only by their own representatives. |
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| A group of delegates from nine colonies who met in New York City. They issued a Declaration of Rights and Grievances, which stated that parliament lacked the power to impose taxes on the colonies because the colonists were not represented in Parliament. The separate colonies began to act as one, for the first time. They met in October, 1765. |
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