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===North Carolina===

===North Carolina===

The lack of firm police action by the North Carolina royal government against patriots demonstrating their opposition to the Stamp Act in 1766 suggests that weak law enforcement encouraged anti-British activity during the pre-Revolutionary period. Governor William Tryon could not enforce the Stamp Act regulations in the Wilmington area owing to several acts of civil disobedience, including disruption of his inauguration. Law enforcement officers often supported these disturbances themselves or lacked the means to quell them. The precedent for future opposition to new taxes was set.  

The lack of firm police action by the North Carolina royal government against patriots demonstrating their opposition to the Stamp Act in 1766 suggests that weak law enforcement encouraged anti-British activity during the pre-Revolutionary period. Governor William Tryon could not enforce the Stamp Act regulations in the Wilmington area owing to several acts of civil disobedience, including disruption of his inauguration. Law enforcement officers often supported these disturbances themselves or lacked the means to quell them. The precedent for future opposition to new taxes was set.  

==Florida==

==Florida==

The Stamp Act produced widespread public criticism and some in remote, underpopulated West Florida. Governor George Johnstone vigorously enforced the Act and serious opposition failed to materialize, chiefly because of the scattered population and primitive economic conditions.  The two British colonies of West Florida and East Florida did not join the other 13 colonies in 1776; they remained loyal. In 1783 Britain gave the two colonies to Spain and the British living there were expelled. Eventually the U.S. purchased the two colonies from Spain in 1819.

The Stamp Act produced widespread public criticism in remote, underpopulated West Florida. However, Governor George Johnstone vigorously enforced the Act and serious opposition failed to materialize, chiefly because of the scattered population and primitive economic conditions.  The two British colonies of West Florida and East Florida did not join the other 13 colonies in 1776; they remained loyal. In 1783 Britain gave the two colonies to Spain and the British living there were expelled. Eventually the U.S. purchased the two colonies from Spain in 1819.

* Bullion, John L. ''A Great and Necessary Measure: George Grenville and the Genesis of the Stamp Act, 1763-1765.'' (1982). 290 pp.

* Bullion, John L. ''A Great and Necessary Measure: George Grenville and the Genesis of the Stamp Act, 1763-1765.'' (1982). 290 pp.

* Irvin, Benjamin H. ''Samuel Adams: Son of Liberty, Father of Revolution'' (2002) [http://www.questia.com/read/111497641?title=Samuel%20Adams%3a%20%20Son%20of%20Liberty%2c%20Father%20of%20Revolution online edition]  

* Irvin, Benjamin H. ''Samuel Adams: Son of Liberty, Father of Revolution'' (2002) [http://www.questia.com/read/111497641?title=Samuel%20Adams%3a%20%20Son%20of%20Liberty%2c%20Father%20of%20Revolution online edition]  

* Miller, John C. ''Origins of the American Revolution.'' (1943). [http://www.questia.com/library/book/origins-of-the-american-revolution-by-john-c-miller.jsp online edition]

* Miller, John C. ''Origins of the American Revolution.'' (1943). [http://www.questia.com/library/book/origins-of-the-american-revolution-by-john-c-miller.jsp online edition]

* Morgan, Edmund, and Helen Morgan. ''The Stamp Act Crisis'' (2nd ed. 1963), the standard history [http://www.amazon.com/Stamp-Act-Crisis-Prologue-Revolution/dp/0807845132/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253433965&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

* Morgan, Edmund, and Helen Morgan. ''The Stamp Act Crisis'' (2nd ed. 1963), the standard history [http://www.amazon.com/Stamp-Act-Crisis-Prologue-Revolution/dp/0807845132/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253433965&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]