A history of the American nation . ?so « S ^ 5 = toi 2 S t. «? ^ « _<3 a •a § is &* k -c-a J^ §•5 -S^^l- a - ^ g g • si. -( CO Q< y 140 CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION 141 marriage certificates, legal documents, etc., should be writtenonly on stamped paper. The revenue obtained from the saleof stamps was to be used for colonial defense. The plan wasnot devised for enriching the mother country at the expense ofthe colonies; for it was fully expected that the tax would yieldnot more than £100,000—less than one third the amountEngland must expend to protect America efficiently from foreigninvas
A history of the American nation . ?so « S ^ 5 = toi 2 S t. «? ^ « _<3 a •a § is &* k -c-a J^ §•5 -S^^l- a - ^ g g • si. -( CO Q< y 140 CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION 141 marriage certificates, legal documents, etc., should be writtenonly on stamped paper. The revenue obtained from the saleof stamps was to be used for colonial defense. The plan wasnot devised for enriching the mother country at the expense ofthe colonies; for it was fully expected that the tax would yieldnot more than £100,000—less than one third the amountEngland must expend to protect America efficiently from foreigninvasion or Indian uprising. It cannot be said therefore HP ^ ^ Lieutenant Governorit cannot be saia, tnereiore, ? ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^-H ^o nothing in that the law was an act of -?- Relation to the STAMPS, but greed, or of tyranny in any leave it to Sir Henry Moore, to do as large sense. But the colo- ^^^t N^A^-, ^7°^nists resented it; it ran By Order of his Honour, counter to all their prac- Gw. Banyar, D. CI. Con. tices and principles. Their . ^f ^^^r^^ ^^q^^^^ed Mf^j- . J Ti ar- J vjnr/lon,ihe M2iy
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