Saturday, September 12, 2009

1765 Maryland

1765- Daniel Dulany, Jr., denounces the Stamp Act in Considerations of the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies.

"The colonies claim the privileges of British subjects. It has been proved to be inconsistent with those privileges to tax them with out their own consent, and it has been demonstrated that a tax imposed by Parliament is a tax without their consent..."

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