Six thousand years of history . own was nowinvolved, and punishment must follow. Accordingly,the port of Boston was closed, no ships being allowed toenter or depart. Massachusetts was given a militaryGovernor, and public meetings w^re repressed. Per-sons accused of murder while resisting the laws mightbe sent to another colony or to England for trial, indefiance of the cherished right of the Englishman tobe tried by a jury of the vicinage and, finally, thetroops could be quartered on the people at will. An-other law of vast importance has already been referredto. The Quebec Act gave all the We
Six thousand years of history . own was nowinvolved, and punishment must follow. Accordingly,the port of Boston was closed, no ships being allowed toenter or depart. Massachusetts was given a militaryGovernor, and public meetings w^re repressed. Per-sons accused of murder while resisting the laws mightbe sent to another colony or to England for trial, indefiance of the cherished right of the Englishman tobe tried by a jury of the vicinage and, finally, thetroops could be quartered on the people at will. An-other law of vast importance has already been referredto. The Quebec Act gave all the Western territoryfrom the Alleghenies to the Mississippi, north of theOhio to Quebec, which had proved a tractable Canadians never aspired to the liberties of Eng-lishmen, to which they had not been accustomed. This brought about the concert of action whichBritish requests had not been able to achieve. Corre-spondence between colonies and the different sectionsin each colony, had aroused a public spirit that was now. ,-«-- ^l*fc-.
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