. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . a higher price. They must not buya paper of pins from any other country,no matter how much better and cheaperthe pins were than those made in Eng-land. These laws were unjust, and thecolonists broke them just as far asthey dared. Articles were sent fromone colony to another mthout thepayment of any tax, foreign goodswere smuggled into the coast towns,ships that had never been near Eng-land went back and forth among thecolonies. It seems as if the Englishof a century and a half ago mighthave seen that if a country was making un
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . a higher price. They must not buya paper of pins from any other country,no matter how much better and cheaperthe pins were than those made in Eng-land. These laws were unjust, and thecolonists broke them just as far asthey dared. Articles were sent fromone colony to another mthout thepayment of any tax, foreign goodswere smuggled into the coast towns,ships that had never been near Eng-land went back and forth among thecolonies. It seems as if the Englishof a century and a half ago mighthave seen that if a country was making unjust laws for its colo-nies and the colonies were breaking them, there would surelybe trouble before many years had passed. The French wars cost a great amount of money. France mightpossibly try to regain the land that she had lost, and the king and Englandhis advisers thought it would be best to keep an army of British f^^^^^^ *°soldiers in America to be ready to oppose the French. England coloniesdecided to tax the colonies to help pay for the war and the new. FANEUIL HALL, BOSTON (Called, on account of the patriotic meetings held there, The Cradle of Liberty ) 134 OUR COUNTRYS STORY Writs ofassistance standing army. The colonists answered, We do not wish tohave a standing army, and we have given more than our share tothe war, for we raised and paid as many men as England. Thecolonists objections made no difference, and England determinedto collect in two ways the money needed. One was by imposinga few new duties and by enforcing the laws in regard to long as France had power in America, England had not daredto be very strict in demanding the taxes on goods brought fromFrance and Spain, or very severe in pimishing smuggling. Nowshe determined that every penny that the laws allowed should becollected. The kings oflBcers had the right to have a warrant written b}-the court allowing them to search any special house in which theyhad reason to thuik there might be smuggl
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