Since the Stamp Act of 1765, street violence in Boston had become commonplace. Riots and protests had been instrumental in securing the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. Street protests continued ...

Ships & Museum (L) and Nick Francesescucci Postmaster, Boston, displaying The Repeal of the Stamp Act 1766 stamp at Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum on Friday,July 01, 2016. Staff photo by Patrick ...

The Stamp Act met with unified colonial resistance because ... to purchase tea from the East India Company, sparking the Boston Tea Party of 1773. The Intolerable Acts of 1774 followed the Boston ...

The Boston Tea Party, as it came to be known ... levy new taxes upon the colonies. First came the Stamp Act in 1763. Guess what? Not popular. Mostly, the colonists objected to being taxed without ...