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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 4 4 Browse Search
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le of the English colonies ought to be as free in the exercise of privileges as the people of England—freedom from taxation, customs, and impositions, excepting with the consent of their general assemblies. He denounced the navigation laws as unjust towards the colonies, because the latter were not represented in Parliament. This was but an expression of sentiments then rapidly spreading, and which soon grew into strong desires for political independence. When Parliament assembled on Nov. 8, 1768, the King, in his speech, alluded with much warmth to the spirit of faction breaking out afresh in some of the colonies. Boston, he said, appears to be in a state of disobedience to all law and government, and has proceeded to measures subversive of the constitution, and attended with circumstances that might manifest a disposition to throw off its dependence on Great Britain. He asked for the assistance of Parliament to defeat the mischievous designs of those turbulent and seditious