On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act.

England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.

Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions.

The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific.

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act.

Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized.