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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 4: (search)
little village in the Province was thus moved with quick indignation at the first instance of positive oppression, does it not prove the existence of a general sympathy and a united brotherhood which will be unconquerable? Medford felt every pulsation of the central heart, and spoke openly what she felt, and was ready to act as nobly as she spoke. The above resolves and instructions of the town were among the first and firmest of the acts of resistance to royal oppression. On the 18th of March, 1766, Parliament repealed the odious act by a vote of two hundred and seventy-five to one hundred and sixty-seven. The joy exhibited at Medford, on this event, was most intense, and was manifested by fire-works, ringing of bells, and jubilant dinners. Parliament resumes taxation, June 29, 1767, asserting its right to bind the Colonies in all cases whatsoever. Duties were laid on paper, tea, glass, and painters' colors. A custom-house was opened, and a civil list established; and the a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pitt, William 1708-1778 (search)
ess of the consequences of what they say, provided it answers the purpose of opposition! This challenge brought Pitt to his feet, and he declared that he would fight him (Grenville) on every foot of the field of combat. He made a powerful speech against the Stamp Act, to which the new ministry were compelled to give heed. Franklin was summoned to the bar of the House to testify. He gave reasons why the Stamp Act could not be enforced in America, and a bill for its repeal was carried (March 18, 1766), by a large majority; and the non-importation leagues in America were dissolved. In January, 1775, Pitt introduced Dr. Franklin on the floor of the House of Lords, when the former made an eloquent plea for justice towards the Americans. This was in support of a measure which he proposed. Lord Sandwich, speaking for the majority in the House of Lords, grew very petulant. He declared that the measure ought to be instantly rejected. I can never believe it to be the production of a B
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stamp act, the (search)
l bishops, who were for subduing the colonies with fire and sword, if necessary; but the vote for repeal stood 105 against 71. Soon afterwards a second protest, containing a vigorous defence of the policy of Grenville, and showing a disposition to enforce the Stamp Act at all hazards, was signed by twenty-eight peers. At that hour of efforts for conciliation five of the bishops solemnly recorded, on the journal of the House of Lords, their unrelenting enmity to measures of peace. On March 18, 1766, in pursuance of the provisions of a bill introduced in Parliament by William Pitt, the act was repealed. In the bill was a clause declaratory of the right of Parliament to tax the colonies, which was not acceptable to the latter. Pitt said the repealing bill could not have passed but for this clause, so of two evils he chose the least. The Americans were so pleased, however, with the repeal of the obnoxious act that, in gratitude to the King and to Pitt, statues were erected to them.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
Grievances of the Colonists of America ; an address to the King; a memorial to the House of Lords; and a petition to the House of Commons. The tone of all these was loyal.] Stamp Act goes into effect......Nov. 1, 1765 Andrew Oliver is compelled to resign his office......Dec. 17, 1765 Population of Massachusetts, 238,423......1765 Dr. Benjamin Franklin meets Commons in committee of the whole, to consider petitions from America......Feb. 3, 1766 Repeal of the Stamp Act......March 18, 1766 [Repeal was carried in the Commons by a vote of 275 against 167, and in the House of Lords 105 against 71.] News of the repeal received at Boston......May 16, 1766 General Court of Massachusetts sends a circular letter to all the American colonies. This letter asks the colonies to cooperate in obtaining a redress of grievances......Feb. 11, 1768 Massachusetts House of Representatives consists of upwards of 100 members, by far the most numerous assembly in America......1768
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
....Oct. 25, 1760 Robert Monckton, governor......November, 1761 Leaves the government to Cadwallader Colden......1761 New York claims jurisdiction over the present State of Vermont......1762 Sir Henry Moore, governor, arrives. 1765 Sons of Liberty organized in New York......1765 Colonial convention in New York to consider the Stamp Act......Oct. 7, 1765 Stamp Act to go into operation, causes great disturbance in New York......Nov. 1, 1765 Repeal of the Stamp Act......March 18, 1766 English treaty with the Iroquois, Delawares, Shawnees, and Mingoes at Fort Stanwix......Nov. 5, 1768 Sir Henry Moore dies; Cadwallader Colden again acting governor......Sept. 1, 1769 Boundary settled between New York and New Jersey......1769 Liberty-pole in New York City cut down by British soldiers......Jan. 13, 1770 John, Lord Dunmore, governor......1770 Governor Dunmore transferred to Virginia; William Tryon last royal governor of New York......1771 Line of jurisd
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
t meddled with public business, and was firmly resolved for the future to maintain the same reserve. Yet he wished that an administration might be formed by a junction of the ablest men from every political section. De Guerchy to Praslin, 18 March, 1766. The bill passed without a further division; but a second protest, containing a vigorous defence of the policy of Grenville, and breathing in every line the sanguinary desire to enforce the Stamp Act, was introduced by Temple, and signed rrections in my possession. corrected, the ministers signified to the dissenters in America, how agreeable the spirit of gratitude would be to the dissenters in England, and to the Presbyterians to the north of the Tweed. Moffat to Stiles, 18 March, 1766. A change of ministry was more and more spoken of. The nation demanded to see Pitt in the government; and two of the ablest members of the cabinet, Grafton and Conway, continued to insist upon it. But Rockingham, who, during the repeal of