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Lady Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 02:03 PM
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Samuel Adams ( need info)
Edited on Mon Feb-21-05 02:07 PM by Lady Freedom
Circular Letter from the Massachusetts House of Representatives to the Speakers of other Houses of Representatives Pro of Massachusetts Bay


Do we have some revolutionary nuts in the house?
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Lady Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 02:14 PM
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1. help
please! This is for school. I have a teacher to impress!
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candy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 02:18 PM
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2. Sorry,but I don't quite know what you want. Could you clarify?
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Lady Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 02:23 PM
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4. anything about Sam Adams Circular Letters
And why the British almost took away Massachusetts legislator.
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necso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 02:19 PM
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3. This?
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Lady Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 02:24 PM
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5. Aha!!!
Thanks. Now I need to find out why it tick off the British!
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necso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 02:32 PM
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6. It is, I think, prima facie obvious
why the British government would be unhappy.

"It is, moreover, their humble opinion, which they express with the greatest deference to the wisdom of the Parliament, that the Acts made there, imposing duties on the people of this province, with the sole and express purpose of raising a revenue, are infringements of their natural and constitutional rights; because, as they are not represented in the British Parliament, his Majesty's commons in Britain, by those Acts, grant their property without their consent."
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Lady Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 02:35 PM
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7. From what I have found was that
The Colonist was tick more about the way they were getting taxed that about the taxes themselves due to what the original Charters for the colonies said.
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necso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 02:48 PM
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8. The theme, I think,
Edited on Mon Feb-21-05 02:49 PM by necso
is "no taxation without representation".

In practise, the Colonists' arguments evolved over time (the older argument was against "internal taxation") -- they didn't really want to be taxed (or regulated) at all.

The Townsend Act of 1767:

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/amerrev/parliament/townsend_act_1767.htm

Duty avoidance and smuggling were both widespread in the Colonies.

You are doing your reading, aren't you?
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Lady Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 02:53 PM
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9. Yes
You have to if you want to pass Mr. Christian's class!
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 03:29 PM
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10. The famous "Taxation without representation" rallying cry?
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 03:34 PM
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11. How he makes such good beer for a dead patriot?
I think there is a Phd thesis in it.
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Lady Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 03:36 PM
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12. He was not a Brewer
But they say that San a Bed did love wine. But not as much as Tom!
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