Essentials of United States history . ican Theory.—The colonists claimed thatby royal grant each colony had a legislature or parliament ofits own and that the LondonParhament had no right totax it. If the British govern-ment required money from thecolonies, it must appeal to thecolonial legislatures, and theywould raise the needed sum bylevying taxes upon their Otis of Massachusetts,quoting Lord Coke, the greatestauthority on English law, de-clared that it was against thefranchise of the land for free-men to be taxed but by theirown consent. In this samevein the colonists argued t
Essentials of United States history . ican Theory.—The colonists claimed thatby royal grant each colony had a legislature or parliament ofits own and that the LondonParhament had no right totax it. If the British govern-ment required money from thecolonies, it must appeal to thecolonial legislatures, and theywould raise the needed sum bylevying taxes upon their Otis of Massachusetts,quoting Lord Coke, the greatestauthority on English law, de-clared that it was against thefranchise of the land for free-men to be taxed but by theirown consent. In this samevein the colonists argued thattaxation and representationwent together, and that as they personally were not repre-sented in the British Parliament they should not be taxed bythat body. Their point was not that they desired representa-tion but that they believed taxation without it both illegaland unjust. They determined not to submit to the , said Henry Ward of Rhode Island, no acts of Par-hament can bind. Giving up this point is yielding James Otis. 104 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY 113. The Stamp Act. — In March, 1765, Parhament passedwhat is known as the Stamp Act.^ This act provided thatstamped paper must be used for all legal documents, and thatstamps be i)laced on playing cards, books, newspapers, andpamphlets, and various other articles used in the colonies, andthat this paper and these stamps must be bought of theBritish government. 114. Its Effect. — The passage of this act inflamed the g 9 |l ? ^BHI J i m ^^^1 B^^^^H^^rI^^^^H V*i ^ i dt : t«. ^HH HI .^^^i^: jF^^^^^ . ^^£^^H k ^?n^HDundi^^^^l^^^^H ^vy i//:* m ti|^^H 1^^ P m ^^^^^^^^T ^^^^^^^^H 1 1 1 i V ii^ From the paintinii by l i: ; ; > Patrick Henkv Addressing the Virginia Burgesses. American people in every colony. It was said of Virginiathat the whole colony was filled with the utmost consterna-tion and astonishment. In the House of Burgesses, PatrickHenry, then less than thirty years of age, made a th
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