. A history of the United States . e Colonies. (1767-1770.) —The resistance to the obnoxious acts was mostly the peacea-ble refusal to use imported goods, Avliich, notwithstandingfailures here and there, was very generally observed ; so muchso that the exports from England between 1707 and 1769declined; of those sent to New England, more than one-half;while to New York, they were not more than one-sixth oftheir former amount. But the presence of officers and troopsin America made it almost impossible that collisions should 92 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. not occur, and in New York, North Caro
. A history of the United States . e Colonies. (1767-1770.) —The resistance to the obnoxious acts was mostly the peacea-ble refusal to use imported goods, Avliich, notwithstandingfailures here and there, was very generally observed ; so muchso that the exports from England between 1707 and 1769declined; of those sent to New England, more than one-half;while to New York, they were not more than one-sixth oftheir former amount. But the presence of officers and troopsin America made it almost impossible that collisions should 92 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. not occur, and in New York, North Carolina, and most of allin Massachusetts, there were riots. In 1768 a sloop belongingto John Hancock, a wealthy citizen of Boston, was seized forviolation of the revenue laws, and the revenue commissionerswere forced to take refuge on a ship of war in the led to the quartering of troops in Boston itself, and in1770 a collision between the troops and the citizens, knownas the Boston Massacre, took place. In this case the. JOHN HANCOCKS HOUSE. troops seemed to have fired only in self-defence; and at thetrial, in which Jolm Adams was one of their counsel, theywere acquitted of the charge of murder. In 1772 a party ofcolonists seized and burnt the G-aspee^ a revenue vessel, inNarragansett Bay. All these things showed the temper ofthe people, and should have been a warning to the Englisligovernment to proceed with caution in their treatment ofsuch independent subjects. But the ministry seem to havebeen entirely ignorant of the real character of those withwhom they had to deal. It is likely that they may have REMOVAL OF TAXES. 93 been somewhat misled by the petitions of the colonists, whichexpressed loyalty to the king and an affection for his person,even while refusing obedience to what they believed wereillegal exactions. They were misled also by letters fromroyal officers. 98. Removal of Taxes, except on Tea. (1770.) — WilliamPitt, now become Earl of Chatham, was prev
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