Why Was The Stamp Act Repealed?

Do you know the main causes why the British government repealed the Stamp Act?

We can simply say, they repealed it due to the growing protest, boycotts, and violence executed by the colonists against the British authority.

On March 22nd, 1765, the British Parliament passed the controversial Stamp Act.

After the Parliament passed this act, the reaction from the American colonists came out something like this:

The Four Main Reasons Why They Repealed It

1. First of all, this bad decision from the British parliament brought all the American colonies together.

It united them to boycott all the British goods and trade with them.

Their steps caused a threat to the English economy.

Especially English merchants created pressure on the parliament because their businesses were in trouble for the boycott threat.

The parliament finally realized that colonists’ boycotts would lead their country to heavy economic losses. 

2. Secondly, the act was like a major attack on the economic life of American journalists, writers, painters, lawyers, ministers, and other educated people.

Because of this reason, these educated people, especially journalists and writers started writing in newspapers and magazines against them.

It awakened common people about the British government’s autocratic decision. As a result, caused massive protests all over the 13 colonies.

In the city of Boston, Massachusetts, the protest went bigger and bigger day by day.

It caused fear of rebellion among the English authority.

3. The third reason was the increasing number of riots and attacks.

The anger of many people took extreme form in the colonies.

For this reason, they started attacking brutally on-duty collectors. It created fear among duty collectors going to collect taxes.

4. Even many leaders among the colonists gave Britishers a threat that they could choose the path of rebellion.

One of the leaders among them was Samuel Adams. He said that this law would force colonists to take up arms.

Samuel Adams was the founder of the revolutionary organization Sons of Liberty.

So, these were the main reasons, why in the end, the British government had to repeal the Stamp act in 1766 on the 18th March. 

What Were The Consequences of The Act’s Revocation?

After it was revocated, the colonists believed that they won the struggle. They were quite happy about that.

However, soon, their assumption proved to be wrong. Because the next year in 1767, the English parliament brought another one, named Townshend Acts.

This was even worse than the Stamp Act.

Townshend Acts included a total of five acts, which were:

• The New York Restraining Act 
• The Vice-Admiralty Court Act
• The Revenue Act
• The Commissioners of Customs Act  
• The Indemnity Act

However, colonists never stopped. They kept protesting against all the unjust decessions of England.

Finally, in 1775, their protest took the form of the Revolutionary War. The event led them towards full independence.