HSTY2666 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stamp Duty, Neo-Progressive Rock, Town Meeting
18 Jul 2018
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Protest against the stamp act that took place in boston on 14 august, 1765. Just to recap, on that day a large, well-organised crowd burnt an effigy of andrew oliver, the man who was to distribute the hated stamps in boston and throughout massachusetts. The crowd then destroyed his newly built office and tore down his house. While boston"s political leaders like james otis and 6. Samuel adams did not lead these protests, they coordinated with leading men of. Bosto(cid:374)(cid:859)s lo(cid:449)e(cid:396) (cid:272)lasses to e(cid:374)su(cid:396)e the p(cid:396)otest (cid:396)e(cid:373)ai(cid:374)ed o(cid:396)de(cid:396)l(cid:455) a(cid:374)d (cid:374)o(cid:374)(cid:448)iole(cid:374)t. the (cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:449)ho led the crowd was named ebenezer mackintosh, a poor shoemaker and veteran of the. With ma(cid:272)ki(cid:374)tosh(cid:859)s leade(cid:396)ship o(cid:374) the da(cid:455), the p(cid:396)otest appeared to play out exactly as all involved had hoped. But it was not the only protest against the stamp act that took place in boston.
