Existing comment:
Virginia Objects to Stamp Act Taxation
The outrage of Virginia planters––whose standard of living rested on the price of tobacco in England and prices merchants charged them for goods––found expression in Patrick Henry's "Virginia Resolves to the Stamp Act." Henry quoted the 1606 Virginia colony charter that promised "all the Priviledges, Franchises & Immunities that have at any Time been held, enjoyed, & possessed by the People of Great Britain." |