...of Commons. The fifteenth of these was : " That, towards the further " defraying the said expences, it may be proper to charge " certain stamp duties in the said colonies and plantations." The other resolutions were formed into the Plantation Act : but the fifteenth was put off till the...

...the whole House, the 17th day of March last, it was resolved, that towards defending, protecting, and securing the British Colonies and Plantations in America,...Stamp duties in the said Colonies and plantations ; and it being apprehended that the same subject, which was then declined, may be resumed and further...

...towards defending, protecting, and securing the British Colonies and Plantations in America, it maybe proper to charge certain Stamp duties in the said Colonies and plantations : and it being apprehended that the same subject, which was then declined, may be resumed and further...

...these resolutions, however, which stated, that towards farther defraying the said expenses it might be proper to charge certain stamp duties in the said colonies and plantations, was of such importance that the execution of it was postponed to the next session* in order to give...

...committee of ways and means which stated, " that towards far* ther defraying the said expenses, it might be proper to charge certain stamp duties in the said colonies and plantations," was thrown out, or rather postponed to the next session, in order to give the colonies an opportunity...

...the whole house the 17th day of March last, it was resolved, that toward defending, protecting, and securing "the British colonies and plantations in...stamp duties in the said colonies and plantations ; and it being apprehended that the same subject, which was then declined, may be resumed and further...

...passed the House of Commons, without any remark, ' That towards farther defraying the said expenses, it may be proper to charge certain stamp duties in the said colonies and plantations.' Nothing, however, was immediately done in pursuance of this resolution; as ministers were in hopes...

...resolution of the committee of ways and means, recited, that towards defraying the same expenses, "it might be proper to charge certain STAMP DUTIES in the said colonies and plantations." This was brought in on the 10th of March, aiid the execution postponed to the next session, with the...

...comprehensive import. By the 14th, it was resolved, " That towards further defraying the said expenses, it may be proper to charge certain stamp duties in the said colonies and plantations." A bold assumption of the British parliament to levy a tax upon British subjects who were not represented...

...Commons, Mr. Grenville also moved, " that towards defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the British colonies and plantations in America,...stamp duties in the said colonies and plantations." While the yell of Indian carnage was yet in their ears, and the smoke of their ruined habitations before...