Gov. Thomas Hutchinson, and the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a series of resolutions written by Patrick Henry protesting this piece of legislation.
It caused Ebenezer MacIntosh, a cobbler, to lead a raid on the home of Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Thomas Hutchinson, and the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a series of resolutions written by Patrick Henry protesting this piece of legislation. Among other items, colonists protested its reference to ecclesiastical courts and its granting (*) admiralty courts jurisdiction to try violators. Including taxes placed on land grants, dice and playing cards, for ten points, name this 1765 British bill that caused a colonial outcry for taxing most printed materials in the colony through a namesake item.
It caused Ebenezer MacIntosh, a cobbler, to lead a raid on the home of Massachusetts Lt.
{Stamp} Act of 1765