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