The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . s the day drew near popular indig- 1 Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-vania, Maryland, Delaware, and South Carolina sent delegates to the Stamp ActCongress. 2 Timothy Ruggles of Massachusetts was chosen president of the Congress, andamong its prominent members were James Otis, .John Dickinson, Robert Living-ston, Christopher Gadsden, and Edward Rutledge. THE ESTRANGEMENT OF THE COLONIES 127 nation against the measure greatly increased. Merchants in theleading colonial cities signed agre
The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . s the day drew near popular indig- 1 Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-vania, Maryland, Delaware, and South Carolina sent delegates to the Stamp ActCongress. 2 Timothy Ruggles of Massachusetts was chosen president of the Congress, andamong its prominent members were James Otis, .John Dickinson, Robert Living-ston, Christopher Gadsden, and Edward Rutledge. THE ESTRANGEMENT OF THE COLONIES 127 nation against the measure greatly increased. Merchants in theleading colonial cities signed agreements not to buy any goods ofEngland while the Stamp Act was in force. The women, ani-mated by the same spirit, united with the men in their exertionsto prevent the importation of English goods. Mobs in severalcities assaulted the stamp officers and forced them to resign theircommissions ; and boxes of stamps which had come from Englandwere seized and destroyed. For a short time much confusion in I The TIMES axe Cheabful. IDolehilJDolotous, and I>OLLAn> Thnr(3^.0ff acquaint my RetJ-;rs,l>iati> ThcSTAMp-Act, isfer-dlobeob-igalory upon OS afier]uing, {ititfalalTcmcr. !»»;) the PubltDier ef lhi»P»p«r unable to I bear the Burthen, has thought it expcdieirop a while, in order lodeliberate. vh< I iher any Methods an be found to elude theins forged for us, and efcape the infup- Iponabla Slavery^ which it is hoped, from [the Ian Rcprelantations «Iy Difchar^e their i-efpective Atr$ that I may t>e able, not only lofapport mjfelf during the Interval, butbe beUer prepared to proceed again wiihthis Paper, whenever an opening for thatPurpofe appears, which 1 hope will befoon WILLUM BRADFORX). A Penn
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