The colonists opposed the writs of assistance because it invaded their property and their privacy, and they opposed the vice- admiralty courts because it didn’t give them their right to a jury. Because it didn’t actually represent them even though the British said otherwise. The repeated boycotts and protests eventually took a toll on British merchants and they told Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act, which they eventually did. He became a public figure in Boston after the British Empire’s victory in the French and Indian war. Samuel Adams argued against the Stamp/Sugar because Parliament didn’t represent the colonists in government. He also took a leading role in the Boston Tea Party, which backfired after Parliament passed the Coercive Acts.