Essentials of United States history . hority of the Governor and the Com-of inde-pany of the Enghsh Colony of Rhode Island and P^^^Providence Plantations. . That the Courts of Law be nolonger entitled nor considered as the Kings Courts, and that 124 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY no instrument in writing , . shall mention the year of thesaid Kings reign. It was furthermore enacted that thetime-honored words, God save the King, be changed to the expression, God save theUnited Colonies. On the 6th of May the Houseof Burgesses in Virginia, in ses-sion at Williamsburg, votedthat inasmuch as t
Essentials of United States history . hority of the Governor and the Com-of inde-pany of the Enghsh Colony of Rhode Island and P^^^Providence Plantations. . That the Courts of Law be nolonger entitled nor considered as the Kings Courts, and that 124 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY no instrument in writing , . shall mention the year of thesaid Kings reign. It was furthermore enacted that thetime-honored words, God save the King, be changed to the expression, God save theUnited Colonies. On the 6th of May the Houseof Burgesses in Virginia, in ses-sion at Williamsburg, votedthat inasmuch as the an-cient constitution had beensubverted by the virginialn-King and Parliament dependentof Great Britain, the o^ the TT !• King. Jiouse now dis-solve. In this dissolution ofthe Virginia House the lastvestige of the kings authoritypassed away from that few days before, Joseph Hawley of Massachusetts wrote:ForGods sake let there be a full revolution. Independenceand a well-planned Continental Government will save King George III. SUMMARY The colonists had continued in their loyalty to England,though Parliament had frequently angered them by passinglaws that restricted their commerce and manufactures. TheFrench and Indian wars had left England with a great debt onher hands. In order to raise money to pay this debt. Parlia-ment determined to tax the colonies and passed the Stamp colonies claimed that this was unlawful since they werenot represented in Parliament. The Stamp Act was shortly repealed, but a tax on tea andother articles was then levied. The colonies refused to usethe tea, and when the shipmasters would not return it toEngland they destroyed it. A Continental Congress framed THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (1776-1777) 125 a declaration of rights and sent a petition to the king. Many-Americans were beginning to think that a separation betweenthe colonies and Great Britain was the only means of outcomefrom their difficulties. General Gage sent a de
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