Chapter 14

EVENTS OF 1769.--UNJUST IMPUTATIONS OF PARLIAMENT ON THE LOYALTY OF THE COLONISTS, AND MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THEIR JUST AND LOYAL PETITIONS. 353-363

Manly response to these imputations on the part of the Colonists, and their assertion of British constitutional rights, led by the General Assembly of Virginia 355

Dissolution of Colonial Assemblies; agreements for the non-importation of British manufactured goods entered into by the Colonists 356

The General Assembly of Massachusetts refuse to legislate under the guns of a land and naval force; Governor Barnard's reply 357

Proceedings of the Governor and House of Assembly on quartering troops in Boston 358

Governor Barnard's recall and character (in a note) 359

Origin of the non-importation agreement in New York; sanctioned by persons in the highest stations; union of the Colonies planned 360

Sons of Governors Barnard and Hutchinson refuse to enter into the non-importation agreement 360

They were at length compelled to yield; humiliating position of the soldiers in Boston; successful resistance of the importation of British goods 360

Joy in the Colonies by a despatch from Lord Hillsborough promising to repeal the obnoxious Revenue Acts, and to impose no more taxes on the Colonies 361

The duty of threepence per pound on tea excepted 363