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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 49: (search)
Representatives of Massachusetts avowed their legislative Independence, the King dismissed the thought of obtaining obedience by argument and persuasion. Dartmouth to Hutchinson, 10 April, 1773. The most thorough search was made into every Colonial law that checked or even seemed to check the Slave-trade; and an Act of Virginia, which put no more obstructions upon it, than had existed for a generation, was negatived. Dartmouth to Dunmore, No. 2, 10 April, 1773; Dunmore to Dartmouth, 9 July, 1773. Parliamentary taxation was also to be enforced. The continued refusal of North America to receive tea from England, had brought distress upon the East India Company, which had on hand wanting a Chap. XLIX.} 1773. April. market great quantities imported in the faith that that agreement could not hold. They were able to pay neither their dividends, nor their debts; their stock depreciated nearly one half; and the Government must lose their annual payment of four hundred thousand pou