APS First Edition. If the nullification of the Stamp Act (1765) began with violent attacks on Andrew Oliver (APS Member 149) and Thomas Hutchinson before even implimented in 1765, Franklin's Examination in February 1766 became the ideological bedrock for the colonial position on taxation without representation. His testimony convinced many in Parliament—that day—the law need be repealed. See the detailed research by the Benjamin Franklin Papers, “Examination before the Committee of the Whole of the House of Commons, 13 February 1766”, Founders Online, National Archives, orig. Papers, ed. Labaree, YUP (1969), 13:124–162.