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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., The American revolution. (search)
ony, they loved the land of their ancestors; but their fond attachment made them only the more sensitive to its tyranny. To subject them to taxation without their consent, was robbing them of their birthright; they scorned the British parliament as a junto of the servants of the crown, rather than the representatives of England. Not disguising to themselves their danger, but confident of victory, they were resolved to stand together as brothers for a life of liberty. The merchants of Newburyport were the first who agreed to suspend all commerce with Britain and Ireland. Salem, also, the place marked out as the new seat of government, in a very full town meeting and after unimpassioned debates, decided almost Chap. I.} 1774. May. unanimously to stop trade not with Britain only, but even with the West Indies. If in Boston a few cravens proposed to purchase a relaxation of the blockade by quailing before power, the majority were beset by no temptation so strong as that of routi