He suffered from porphyria (date of diagnostics is unknown , a disorder that attacks your nervous system and may lead to death. In 1765 the British Parliament pass the Stamp Act of 1765 on March 22, and was signed into law by King George III. This act ordered colonist to pay tax on every piece of imported paper: legal documents, licenses, newspapers and even playing cards. This really upset the colonist as they taxed them in order for Great Britain to pay off their considerable debts due to the French and Indian War. Back in the U.S the Sons of Liberty encouraged the colonist to defy the Stamp Act, and it worked. Colonist were soon burning stamps, covering stamp sellers with tart the later dumping feathers on them. The Stamp Act Congress that wrote a statement saying that the British should have no power over the colonies and the Stamp Act stopped in