When word of the enactment of the Stamp Tax spread through the colonies protest began In Boston riots developed directed against both Royal officials and anyone who agreed to distribute the stamps. The mob directed its anger at Andrew Oliver who had agreed to be an agent of the stamp tax. They hung him in effigy, and threatened him if he did not resign which he did.
The rioting quickly spread to other colonies. Throughout the colonies the agents for the stamp tax were forced to resign. Behind much of the rioting was a new organization that had been founded to defend the liberties of the colonist.
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It is time we took some lessons from history and began to demand from our non-representing Representatives that they do the right thing and stop the insane taxes or that we drive them from office. The same holds true for our judges who are now busy legislating from the bench. I'm surprised our legislators aren't in a froth that another branch is taking their jobs over.
Let your non-representing Representatives know you want them to repeal these most recent, most egregious and most wasteful taxes they've enacted on the American people.
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