substitutes for the boycotted British goods. Quartering Act In Boston, Samuel Adams also helped form Information Sheet secret societies called the Sons of Liberty, which were groups of men that protested After the Stamp Act protests, British policies and sometimes used Britain sent even more troops to violence to get their message across. keep order in the colonies. Due to the social and political problems In 1765, a congress of nine colonies met in that took place in the colonies after New York to discuss the taxes at the Stamp the Stamp Act, the British Act Congress. They decided that only Parliament also passed the colonial governments should tax the Quartering Act of 1765. This act colonies and they sent a request to King required colonists to quarter, or George III to repeal the act. Benjamin house and feed British soldiers. Franklin, representing Pennsylvania, spoke before Parliament and urged them to repeal the act so that colonists could end the boycott and prevent a possible revolution. The protests and boycotts worked and King George III had no other choice but to repeal the Stamp Act. The colonies celebrated the There were two major issues the repeal of the act, but they still disagreed colonists had with the Quartering with Parliament on many issues. After the Act. The first was that colonists did not like having a standing army repeal, the King approved the Declaratory of soldiers with blank search Act, which essentially said that Parliament warrants, or writs of assistance. had full authority over legislation in the They had lost their sense of rights colonies. over their property. The other
substitutes for the boycotted British goods. In Boston, Samuel Adams also helped form secret societies called the Sons of Liberty, which were groups of men that protested British policies and sometimes used violence to get their message across. In 1765, a congress of nine colonies met in New York to discuss the taxes at the Stamp Act Congress. They decided that only colonial governments should tax the colonies and they sent a request to King George III to repeal the act. Benjamin Franklin, representing Pennsylvania, spoke before Parliament and urged them to repeal the act so that colonists could end the boycott and prevent a possible revolution. The protests and boycotts worked and King George III had no other choice but to repeal the Stamp Act. The colonies celebrated the repeal of the act, but they still disagreed with Parliament on many issues. After the repeal, the King approved the Declaratory Act, which essentially said that Parliament had full authority over legislation in the colonies. Quartering Act Information Sheet After the Stamp Act protests, Britain sent even more troops to keep order in the colonies. Due to the social and political problems that took place in the colonies after the Stamp Act, the British Parliament also passed the Quartering Act of 1765. This act required colonists to quarter, or house and feed British soldiers. There were two major issues the colonists had with the Quartering Act. The first was that colonists did not like having a standing army of soldiers with blank search warrants, or writs of assistance. They had lost their sense of rights over their property. The other
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