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Resentment For The Stamp Act

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Until Parliament revoked the Stamp Act merchants all over the colonies decided to boycott British imports. This avoidance was the first main collaborative effort among the colonies. By pursuing to inflict unison on the colonies before dealing with them separately as in the past, Parliament had unintentionally united America. Taxes imposed on the American colonists triggered conflict and bitterness towards Britain. Resentment for the Stamp Act, a required charge on every printed material the colonists used, was the initial crisis of the revolutionary era and the primary division between colonists and Great Britain over liberty. Colonial political leaders invoked the rights of the freeborn Englishman, which colonists should also enjoy. Adversaries
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