British Prime Minister Grenville was convinced that a stamp tax was the best possible tax that he could imposed. He believed that they were easy to collect and equitable. They did not fall on any one group of people more then others. Grenville was willing to accept an alternative tax but none were presented. The colonist who were in England at the time tried to convince Grenville not to present the tax to parliament. Right before he presented it Benjamin Franklin arrived in England as part of a larger delegation. They met with Grenville and Grenville asked them for an alternative tax. Franklin told Grenville that the Pennsylvania assembly had suggested that each colony be asked to provide a certain amount of revenue and they would decide by themselves how to obtain the money. When the other delegates could not agree on how to allocate the requests Grenville went ahead and presented the Stamp Tax to the parliament.