But eventually, the British backed down and repealed the Stamp Act. The repeal inspired a line of commemorative teapots, thereby beginning America's storied tradition of worthless, collectible ceramics. But in the end, this only emboldened the colonists when the British tried to put new taxes on the Americans in the form of the Townsend Act. This led to further protests and boycotts, and most importantly, more organization among the colonists. The protests escalated. 1770 saw the Boston Massacre, which with its sum total of five dead, was perhaps the least massacery massacre of all time. And in 1773, a bunch of colonists dumped about a million dollars worth of tea into Boston Harbor in protest of British government decisions that actually would have made British tea cheaper.