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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 1 1 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 29: (search)
contributing to the success of the policy which he most abhorred. The King would not recede from the largest claim to authority on behalf of the imperial Legislature. Great pains had been successfully taken to irritate the people of England, especially the freeholders, against the Americans. Our interests, it was said, are sacrificed to their interests; we are to pay infinite taxes and they none; we are to be burdened that they may be eased; W. S. Johnson to Lieut. Gov. Trumbull, 14 March, 1767. and they would brook no longer heavy impositions on themselves, which were not to be shared by the Colonies. W. S. Johnson to Gov. Pitkin, 19 March, 1767. The merchants complained of a want of gratitude, and of the failure to make remittances; many were incensed at the Petition from New-York for a relaxation of the Navigation Acts; still more at the partial refusal of that Province to billet the troops; and the angry feeling was exasperated by the report from its Governor, that it wo