Nullification of the Stamp Act

The Peoples’ Nullification of the Stamp Act.

Tenth Amendment Center
• Path to Liberty: Monday December 7, 2020 •
A combination of protests, declarations, disobedience, local resolutions, support from merchants, and non-enforcement by sheriffs and other local officials created a climate where the Stamp Act was unenforceable. Parliament ended up repealing it even though they didn’t want to. This is what Murray Rothbard called “the peoples’ nullification of the Stamp Act.”