Benjamin Franklin Testimony Against The Stamp Act

This document, called “Benjamin Franklin, Testimony Against the Stamp Act” is written by Benjamin Franklin. It discusses about the Stamp Act. The document was what the American colonists have felt about the Stamp Act and their responses to it. Benjamin Franklin pointed out that the British government had an opinion. The opinion was that many colonists owed England for the Seven Year War. The Seven Years’ War had been seriously costly. The national debt was so much by 1764. Gladly to pay the taxes, it was said that they should pay it since the taxes were being imposed by Parliament to make up the money that was spent on war. However, there is something that Parliament had overlooked. They overlooked the fact that the colonists gave a large amount of

Boycotting would still be able to continue because they would become self-sufficient. Continuing to add the taxes, the colonists couldn’t pay them. But, the British Parliament continued to add it. I guess they didn’t concerned oneself. The British government did this because they believed and thought that the colonists owed them. They thought that the colonists were to be debt to them even though they provided many things, such as a huge amount of money, men, and clothing to the British. In return, the colonists got less things back. They got little compensation, and were even taxed a lot after the war. That had must been hard for the colonists. They must have felt really mad and angry for receiving such a small compensation back for what they have done to support the British military. According to Benjamin Franklin, colonists were ready to do anything to protest the levying of internal taxes by Parliament. The actions that the colonists would take is boycotting. Boycotting is to withdraw from commercial or social relations as a punishment or protest. They colonists boycotted the English products that were manufactured and sent to