New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . The advent of William Franklin, last royal gov-ernor of New Jersey at the close of the French andIndian War, in 1763, marked the gathering of thestorm. In New Jersey there was an open feelingof discontent. True, nearly all men were loyal,all were patriotic with that nervous form of pat-riotism marking the close of every successfulstruggle, but beneath the surface were uncer-tainty, doubt, and even dread. The matter sooncame to an issue. Although unaffected, except sentimentally, bythe Navigation Act which so seriously compl
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . The advent of William Franklin, last royal gov-ernor of New Jersey at the close of the French andIndian War, in 1763, marked the gathering of thestorm. In New Jersey there was an open feelingof discontent. True, nearly all men were loyal,all were patriotic with that nervous form of pat-riotism marking the close of every successfulstruggle, but beneath the surface were uncer-tainty, doubt, and even dread. The matter sooncame to an issue. Although unaffected, except sentimentally, bythe Navigation Act which so seriously compli-cated the situation for Boston, Philadelphia, andNew York, New Jersey was directly moved by thepassage by Parliament of the Stamp Act uponMarch 22, 1765. Benjamin Franklin, father ofGovernor William Franklin, had warned Parlia-ment that the colony would resent any attempt toimpose taxation without representation. In it-self the stamp duty was light, but the questionwas purely one of principle. When the news of the passage of the bill reached New Jersey the[Vol. n. STAMP-ACT STAMP, 418 NEW JEESEY AS A COL ^^SS^
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