A history of the United States . disallowed by the king in of the clergy later brought suit to recover the full amount of their salariesin tobacco. The suit which at-tracted most attentionwas that of ReverendJames Maury of LouisaCounty, in which PatrickHenry, then twenty-sevenyears of age, appearedfor the vestry, which wasthe defendant in the his argument beforethe jury he declared thatthe disallowance by theking of the act of 1758was an instance of mis-rule and that by thisconduct the king, frombeing the father of hispeople, had degeneratedinto a tyrant and for-feited
A history of the United States . disallowed by the king in of the clergy later brought suit to recover the full amount of their salariesin tobacco. The suit which at-tracted most attentionwas that of ReverendJames Maury of LouisaCounty, in which PatrickHenry, then twenty-sevenyears of age, appearedfor the vestry, which wasthe defendant in the his argument beforethe jury he declared thatthe disallowance by theking of the act of 1758was an instance of mis-rule and that by thisconduct the king, frombeing the father of hispeople, had degeneratedinto a tyrant and for-feited all right to his subjects obedience. At this pointthere was a subdued murmur of Treason, treason, to whichHenry paid no attention. He concluded with a severearraignment of the clergy whose cause was by no meanspopular. The result was that the jury brought in a verdictof one penny damages for the plaintiff. Patrick Henryand the Parsons Cause were both ever afterwards speech made a profound impression and his attack on. Patrick Henry. Causes of the Revolution 97 the royal prerogative tended to bring to a focus the growingdissatisfaction over outside interference with the acts of theAssembly. In April, 1763, George Grenville, who had just been ap-pointed prime minister, announced the intention of keeping an army of 10,000 men in America and of tax- , • -1 rrii Anew ing the colonies for its partial support. These colonial troops were to be used to garrison the forts that policy an- ^ nounced had been taken from the French, to protect thefrontier against the Indians, and to guard against foreignattack. There was also no doubt the more remote ideathat these troops might be used in securing a more rigidenforcement of the acts of trade. In pursuance of the new policy Parliament passed theSugar Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765. The SugarAct was a very comprehensive measure designed The Sugarto raise a colonial revenue and to introduce ad- Act of 1764ministrative reform
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