1. Samuel Adams
... , which were the first public protest in America against the right of Parliament to tax the colonies. He drafted the instructions given by the town of Boston to its newly chosen representatives in regard to Greenville's proposed Stamp Act. He also played an important part in arousing the Stamp Act riots in Boston. In 1765, he was elected to the legislature ... described British measures and the behaviour of royal governors, judges, and customs men in the darkest colour. Several essays on these subjects were published by him; and he was the author of several plans for opposing, more succe...
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