Parliament

The right of Parliament to legislate for the colonies was not seriously questioned during the earlier portions of colonial history. In 1761 James Otis denied the right of Parliament to tax the colonists, since they were not represented in Parliament. The Stamp "0 10 peer zndeen Act of 1765, and other measures of taxation caused by the Seven Years’ War, caused the same protest to be made generally. From this the revolutionary party advanced to the position that Parliament had also no right to legislate for the colouies. The Declaratory Act of 1766 and the Town shend Acts of 1767 aimed to perpetuate the system. The Tarliament of 1768-1774, noted for aversion to popular rights in Kiyland, as well as in America, abetted the king in all his American policy. Chief among their measures of this purport were the Boston Port Act, the Ma achusetts Charter Act, the Quebec Act and the - Quartering Act. 68