. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. one Penny] British Stamps. colonists would neither use the stamps, nor allow anyone tokeep them for sale. When the stamps reached Boston, they were torn to piecesby the angry citizens and burned; in New York, ten boxeswere destroyed and the rest sent back to England ; in Con-necticut, the stamp officer fled for his life, and in othercolonies similar things happened. On November 1, the day on which the act was to take effect, 134 HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON.—England yielded but still claimed the right to tax the colo
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. one Penny] British Stamps. colonists would neither use the stamps, nor allow anyone tokeep them for sale. When the stamps reached Boston, they were torn to piecesby the angry citizens and burned; in New York, ten boxeswere destroyed and the rest sent back to England ; in Con-necticut, the stamp officer fled for his life, and in othercolonies similar things happened. On November 1, the day on which the act was to take effect, 134 HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON.—England yielded but still claimed the right to tax the colo-nists. They denied this claim and refused to buy taxed articles. Gen-eral Gage and some soldiers were sent to Boston to punish the the flags were placed at half-mast, the bells were tolled, andthe importers in the large cities agreed tobuy no more English goods until the StampAct was repealed. England was alarmed,and the Act was repealed, but to showthat she still claimed the right to tax thepS^ colonies, she laid taxes on tea, glass, paper,^/^ and a few other common articles. Each act of England had forced this pointopenly on the colonies. She claimed theright to govern them as she pleased, and to tax them withouttheir consent. They said that, as they had no one to rep-resent them in Parliament, that body had no right to taxthem one cent. No taxation without re[)resentation wasthe cry in every colony. The Americans therefore said they would pay no taxes laidby England, and refused to buy the articles on which thetaxes were laid. England called them rebels, and sent Gen-eral Gaire with two rei^iments of redcoats to Boston, wherethe people w^re forced to receive them into their homes andtake care of them. The citi
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