HIST 2055 Chapter : 21-Sep
Document Summary
Virginia is british citizens and have same rights of them. As british themselves self-taxation is one of those rights. Claimed they have always taxed themselves in the virginia house of burgesses. Hold a mock tax collector hanging and then burn it the tax collect. Shows the success and potential of the popularity of how people hate the rules. Shows mass popular movement and the governor cannot impose rule. Look to taxation for revenue by william pitt: duties or taxes on tea, glass, paper, led, painters colors, colonist see it solely on to just raise money; not also to regulate money; talk about. York, philadelphia, charlestown soon follow: women are responsible of making all these homemade goods now, upper crest of society the women were. 1st african who died and 1st to die for revolution: 6 of the soldiers were let free and 2 were sentenced on manslaughter, the original tea party.
