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How did American response to the Stamp Act influence future protest against British attempts to acquire revenues from the colonies, 1765-1775? Desiring revenue from the colonists to offset the massive expenditures for defense, the British began to pass a number of acts such as the currency, sugar, quartering, and stamp acts. Naturally, the colonists objected to these acts. They had proclaimed taxation without representation and began to boycott British goods while protesting. On the contrary …

…between the colonists and British soldiers came to a head when five colonists were killed in a riot known as the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was the first forceful influence, which created an anti-British feeling in the colonies. The effects that the Stamp Act had on the colonies were enormous. A downward spiral of events took place after the implication of this act, which led to future protest against British attempts to acquire revenues.