14/24 In conclusion, he said the repeal of the act would not make the colonists any more willing to pay taxes. Repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766 .-- It chanced that at this moment George III and George Grenville fell out. The king dismissed the minister, and gave the Marquis of Rockingham the headship of a new set of ministers. Now Rockingham and his friends needed aid from somebody to give them the strength to outvote Grenville and the Tories. So when the question of what should be done about the Stamp Act came up, they listened most attentively to what Mr.Pitt had to say. |