The Stamp Act was one of the first taxes passed by the British parliament on the American colonists. The goal of this law was to generate revenue to help pay off the debt from the French and Indian War. A good amount of colonists felt that this law was unfair, as the law was passed by the British parliament. The British parliament did not possess a representative from the American colonies. This lead to the rallying cry of "no taxation without representation."
To show their disdain for this new law, the colonists boycotted British goods. This boycott was effective, as the British government started to generate less revenue from the colonists. This resulted in the Stamp Act being repealed by the British government.
He was the first African American to participate in Track the olympics. Also he was mostly famous for competing in the german olympics when hitler was in power.He was born on September 12, 1913. He died March 31, 1980. He was born in Oakville, Alabama.
The majority of Populist Party members were "farmers," since the Populist Party made an effort to defend the rights of the "common man", as opposed to the rich.
