Question

QUESTION 2A: According to the document, why is Benjamin Franklin opposed to the Stamp Act?

"I never heard any objection to the right of laying duties to regulate imports and exports; but a right to lay internal taxes was never supposed to be a Parliament, as we (colonies) are not represented there."

Answer 1

Franklin initially supported the stamp act

Answer 2

Franklin initially supported the Stamp Act, because the materials it affected would be stamped upon payment of the tax, but later reconsidered it when he found out the colonists anger.