Episode 024: Stamp Act Repeal and Declaratory Act

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2017

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The Stamp Act took effect on November 1, 1765. But colonial opposition prevented the use of any stamps. Protesters forced newspapers, courts, and ports to operate without stamped paper. Creditors could not go to court to collect on debts and trading vessels stop going to England. As a result, English merchants joined in opposition to the Act. Prime Minister Rockingham replaced Grenville and immediately set about to repeal the law. The problem was, Parliament did not want to look like it was backing down in the face of mob violence, or sending the message that it accepts colonial assertions that Parliament cannot impose taxes on the colonies. After months of wrangling and infighting, King George let it be known that he supports the repeal. Parliament passed the repeal, but on the same day also passes the Declaratory Act which says Parliament still has the authority to pass such laws whenever it wants. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Today, episode 24, Stamp Act repeal, and the Declaratory Act.
0:57.0	Before word of colonial resistance to the Stamp Act even made it back to London, King George removed Prime Minister Grenville from office.
1:06.3	The change in leadership had nothing to do with the colonies.
1:09.8	The King never really liked nor trusted Grenville. He gave Grenville the job in the first place because he had not been able to find anyone better to take it.
1:18.0	Although Lord Butte had been forced from office, the King still relied on him for advice, and this drove Grenville nuts.
1:25.7	It was a major source of tension between him and the King.
1:29.1	In 1765, shortly after passage of the Stamp and Quartering Acts, Granville turned his attention to the
1:35.6	Minority Air to the Crown Act.
1:38.7	Now the King had no objection to the law itself.
1:41.4	King George had young children. If he died before they reached
1:44.7	adulthood, the Act permitted the Queen or someone else of the King's choosing to
1:48.8	act his region. It was a simple way to prevent any questions about who controlled the government in the event the country ended up with let's say a seven-year-old king.
1:59.0	Parliament had passed a similar law when George III was still a minor and after the death of his father became the immediate
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