<P> The Stamp Act was very unpopular among colonists . A consensus considered it a violation of their rights as Englishmen to be taxed without their consent -- consent that only the colonial legislatures could grant . Their slogan was `` No taxation without representation . '' Colonial assemblies sent petitions and protests . The Stamp Act Congress held in New York City was the first significant joint colonial response to any British measure ; it petitioned Parliament and the King . Local protest groups led by colonial merchants and landowners established connections through Committees of Correspondence , creating a loose coalition that extended from New England to Maryland . Protests and demonstrations initiated by a new secret organization called the Sons of Liberty often turned violent and destructive as the masses became involved . Very soon , all stamp tax distributors were intimidated into resigning their commissions , and the tax was never effectively collected . </P>
<P> The Stamp Act was very unpopular among colonists . A consensus considered it a violation of their rights as Englishmen to be taxed without their consent -- consent that only the colonial legislatures could grant . Their slogan was `` No taxation without representation . '' Colonial assemblies sent petitions and protests . The Stamp Act Congress held in New York City was the first significant joint colonial response to any British measure ; it petitioned Parliament and the King . Local protest groups led by colonial merchants and landowners established connections through Committees of Correspondence , creating a loose coalition that extended from New England to Maryland . Protests and demonstrations initiated by a new secret organization called the Sons of Liberty often turned violent and destructive as the masses became involved . Very soon , all stamp tax distributors were intimidated into resigning their commissions , and the tax was never effectively collected . </P>
who called for resistance to the stamp act
who called for resistance to the stamp act
the Sons of Liberty
the Sons of Liberty