1765Reputable sourceWell documented
The Stamp Act and 'No Taxation Without Representation'
On the timeline · around 1765 ·
What happened
Parliament's 1765 Stamp Act taxed nearly all printed materials in the colonies to help pay for the empire's defense. Colonists, who elected no members of Parliament, denounced it as taxation without their consent; the Sons of Liberty organized boycotts and protests, and a Stamp Act Congress petitioned the Crown, forcing the act's repeal in 1766.
Why it matters
The Stamp Act crisis was the first united colonial resistance to British rule and crystallized the principle — 'no taxation without representation' — that would drive the road to revolution.
Sources
- American Battlefield Trust. 'No Taxation Without Representation' · Reputable source