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The colonists did not want to be taxed. In retaliation, the British government enacted even more taxes and rules for the colonists.

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The Parliament of Great Britain repealed the Stamp Act in 1766 and replaced it with the Declaratory Act. They did this in response to the riots being held in the colonies and the colonists' boycotting of trade with Great Britain.

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Q: What was the British merchants response to the colonist resistance to the stamp act?
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