The Stamp Act met with unified colonial resistance because ... not an act of interference on colonial assemblies. Parliament repealed the Townshend Duties but kept the tax on tea and then required ...

In 1622, the first American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans ocurred in Jamestown Virginia; 347 were killed.

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 ...