A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . mps were to be sold. Theirprice varied from a half-penny to twelve pounds Legalpapers not stamped were to be of no value in law. How the Stamp Act was Received.—The Stamp Actmet with little opposition in Parliament.^ When news of itspassage reached America there was an outbreak of indigna-tion. The people rose in fury, mobbed the houses of Britishofficials, and hung in effigy certain unpopular dignitaries. The leading orators denounced the act as tyranny. Sam-uel Adams and James Otis in Boston, and Patrick Henry inVir
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . mps were to be sold. Theirprice varied from a half-penny to twelve pounds Legalpapers not stamped were to be of no value in law. How the Stamp Act was Received.—The Stamp Actmet with little opposition in Parliament.^ When news of itspassage reached America there was an outbreak of indigna-tion. The people rose in fury, mobbed the houses of Britishofficials, and hung in effigy certain unpopular dignitaries. The leading orators denounced the act as tyranny. Sam-uel Adams and James Otis in Boston, and Patrick Henry inVirginia, vigorously opposed it. Otis had declared, at thetime of the Writs of Assistance trials, that raxation with-out representation is tyranny. ^ This remark had become ^ Benjamin Franklin, who was in London at the time, fought hardagainst the law, but said he might as well have tried to stop the sunfrom setting as to stop Parliament. ^ In England it had for centuries been a fixed political axiom thatonly the people, through their representatives, could vote taxes. The. A NEW KING AND A NEW POLICY. 179 the watchword of the people, and was now the text of theorators. They did not hesitate to speak in the plainest lan-guage, and their ringing words rousedthe country from end to end.^ Sons of Liberty.—The people fullyseconded their orators. Associationscalled Sons of Liberty were formedto resist the act. A congress was heldat New York to which nine of thecolonies sent delegates. It issued aDeclaration of Rights and framed apetition to Parliament and the king. Patrick iiknry. How the Stamps were Received.—The act was to gointo effect on the 1st of November, 1765. When that day House of Commons was the only body that could pass revenue I. tried to set this aside and tax the people himself. In con-sequence he stirred up a rebellion that cost him his crown and hishead. The colonists claimed the same right. They had no represent-itives in Parliament, and therefore
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