Thomas Hutchinson…171

Benjamin Franklin…183

Resolves of the House of Representatives, Respecting the Letters of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Others…191

Benjamin Franklin …197

Americans' Reactions to Benedict Arnold's Treason…203

Beginning in 1765, Great Britain tried to collect taxes in America to pay its own bills. Americans grew increasingly angry. They claimed that Parliament, Great Britain's lawmaking body, had no right to tax people who had no representation in Parliament. Men who were supposed to collect the taxes were abused by the colonists and had their property damaged or destroyed. A major center for this kind of activity was Boston, Massachusetts, where mobs rioted in the streets and total disorder resulted. Finally, fearful that they were losing their hold over America, the British sent armed soldiers to keep the peace in Boston. Bostonians resented the presence of the soldiers, and in 1770, the tension led to the event...