"No Stamps, No Riot Act": Governor James Wright and the Stamp Act Crisis in Georgia.

This article focuses on James Wright's role as the British royal governor of Georgia during the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765 and its aftermath. Wright, who had governed Georgia since 1760, faced significant challenges enforcing the unpopular Stamp Act amid growing colonial resistance led by groups like the Liberty Boys, while also managing internal divisions between merchants and radicals. Despite personal tragedy—the loss of his wife and two daughters at sea—Wright maintained firm loyalty to the Crown, successfully upheld the law in Georgia, and navigated political tensions with a combination of firmness and pragmatism. His enforcement of the Stamp Act distinguished him from other colonial governors but also deepened local divisions and foreshadowed the escalating conflict between colonial interests and British authority that culminated in the American Revolution.