1765-1766; Tax introduced on legal documents to pay for defense of colonies.
americans boycotted British goods: they were angry as the were the only colonies who needed to pay for this tax
tax Collectors like Andrew Oliver were threatened by death to leave their jobs and protest the stamp act. - mob destroyed buildings taht would house stamps and threatened Oliver by beheading a likeness
1766: Stamp act repealed after merchants protesting due to their goods not being bout and officials being threatened.
