<P> Opposition to the Stamp Act was not limited to the colonies . British merchants and manufacturers , whose exports to the colonies were threatened by colonial boycotts , pressured Parliament . The Act was repealed on March 18 , 1766 as a matter of expedience , but Parliament affirmed its power to legislate for the colonies `` in all cases whatsoever '' by also passing the Declaratory Act . There followed a series of new taxes and regulations , likewise opposed by the colonists . </P>
how long after the stamp act congress of october 1765 did parliament repeal the stamp act
March 18 , 1766