USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After months of protest, and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin before the British House of Commons, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766. However, the same day, Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts, asserting that the British government had free and total legislative power over the colonies.

Detailed explanation-2: -On February 13, 1766, Franklin testified against the tax before England’s House of Commons, answering Parliamentarians’ questions so deftly that the ill-advised nature of the legislation became obvious. The tax was abolished one month later, in part due to Franklin’s persuasiveness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many American colonists refused to pay Stamp Act tax Prominent individuals such as Benjamin Franklin and members of the independence-minded group known as the Sons of Liberty argued that the British parliament did not have the authority to impose an internal tax.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the foremost of the Founding Fathers, Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers, represented the United States in France during the American Revolution, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.