The Stamp Act met with unified colonial resistance because ... sparking the Boston Tea Party of 1773. The Intolerable Acts of 1774 followed the Boston Tea Party and were meant to isolate ...
On Dec. 16, 1773, 241 years ago ... 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 their ...