The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . he king, who bought out all the rights ofthe proprietors ten years later. Legislative re- The Spirit of liberty was in all the colonies. The sistance to colo-nial governors. govemors appointed in England made continual efforts to encroach on the freedom of the people. These gov-ernors, as the direct representatives of the sovereign,were able to engross a great deal of power in their ownhands, and to enrich themselves and their creatures outof the resources of the colonies. They were held incheck, as we have said,
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . he king, who bought out all the rights ofthe proprietors ten years later. Legislative re- The Spirit of liberty was in all the colonies. The sistance to colo-nial governors. govemors appointed in England made continual efforts to encroach on the freedom of the people. These gov-ernors, as the direct representatives of the sovereign,were able to engross a great deal of power in their ownhands, and to enrich themselves and their creatures outof the resources of the colonies. They were held incheck, as we have said, by the disposition of the colo-nial Assemblies to settle the amount of their salariesfrom year to year. English statesmen greatly desiredto have permanent salaries for the governors, sothat they might not be dependent on anybody but theking. On this point there were long-continued quarrelsbetween the royal governors and the Assemblies; but,for the most part, the colonies held the purse-strings intheir own hands, in order by this means to guard theirliberties. RST-^rr^-. THE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION. j eg CHAPTER XXVII. THE CAUSES OF THE the precedino: chapter it is evident that lono- General causes ^ ^ ^ * of discontent. before the Revolution there was much dissatisfaction inthe colonies. Many of the governors sent over weret3rannical and dishonest. The Americans did not likethe transportation of criminals, nor the action of theBritish government in annulling the laws made to keepout slaves. They were also much annoyed by Englishlaws, which prevented them from sending away woolengoods, hats, and iron-wares of their o^v•n make, from onecolony to another. Most of all, they disliked the navi-gation laws, the object of which was to compel themto do most of their trading with England. The enforcement of these unpopular laws was in the The writs ofhands of custom-house officers. The collectors of cus-toms in Boston, in 1761, asked the courts for writs ofassis
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