History and government of the United States, for evening schools . In 1760 George IIIcame to the throne of England.^ He meant to be master ofEngland and of all her colonies and dependencies. By bribery,royal prerogative,^ and various other means, he secured controlof Parliament, and set about making plans to reduce the colo-nies to subjection. Resistance to the Stamp Act. â In 1765 the Stamp Act waspassed. This was a measure requiring all kinds of legal docu-ments (such as deeds, mortgages, promissory notes, ship clear-ance papers, and bills of sale)and newspapers published inAmerica to be sta
History and government of the United States, for evening schools . In 1760 George IIIcame to the throne of England.^ He meant to be master ofEngland and of all her colonies and dependencies. By bribery,royal prerogative,^ and various other means, he secured controlof Parliament, and set about making plans to reduce the colo-nies to subjection. Resistance to the Stamp Act. â In 1765 the Stamp Act waspassed. This was a measure requiring all kinds of legal docu-ments (such as deeds, mortgages, promissory notes, ship clear-ance papers, and bills of sale)and newspapers published inAmerica to be stamped by rev-enue officers at a cost varyingfrom a few pence to severalpounds. It was such a tax uponcolonial business as threatenedthe prosperity of the , it was a tax neitherprovided for in the colonialcharters nor fixed by the customof years. The colonists abso-lutely refused to use the stampedpaper, and business, for wantof legality, was almost at an end. Moreover, the people ceasedto import goods from England, and the wares sent to America. Benjamin Franklin 1 The rulers of England during the colonial days from the time of Raleighwere Elizabeth, James I, Charles I (who was beheaded), Oliver Cromwell (whowas Lord Protector during the time of the Commwealth), Charles II, James II,William III and Mary (who were placed on the throne by the English Revolu-tion of 1688), Anne, George I, George II, and George III. Elizabeth andCromwell were perhaps the greatest rulers England ever had. 2 This means that the English crown claims all powers not expressly dele-gated to Parliament. At this time the colonies were chiefly governed byroyal prerogative. 30 HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY were returned. The protests of the English manufacturers andthe influence of Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, who wasat the time in London, led Parliament to repeal the Stamp Actin 1766. Boston ^^Tea Party.^ â But George III and his ministerspersuaded Parliament to punish the colonists by passin
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