In them the Virginians declared that they were not subject to Acts of Parliament laying taxes or interfering in the internal affairs of Virginia.
[Illustration: HENRY'S FIRST AND LAST RESOLUTIONS (FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL DRAFT)] [Sidenote: Opposition to the Stamp Act, 1765.

_Higginson_, 164-165; _McMaster_, 116.] 109.

Stamp Act Riots, 1765 .-- Until the summer of 1765 the colonists contented themselves with passing resolutions.

There was little else that they could do.

They could not refuse to obey the law because it would not go into effect until November.