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and In the same years gentlemen who
commanded British forces against the
Colonies were going through the school
Of war. Although not field officer
in our war Of independence, Je0crv
Anshesst. whose biography ie written
BY LAURENCE SHAW MAYO (Longmans.
0reen), influenced its conduct. His
services on the Continent. with the
generous patronage OF General Ligo-
nier. whose aid he wus. made him q
Major-General and set him In COM
mand Of the Louisburs expedition In
1853. Later he visited Boston. New
York. Albany and Philadelphia. and
these journeyings. with his campaign
ing in the Lake Champlain country.
equipped him with knowledge OF the
American people and Of the strategic
situation that gave weight to his
counsels at home in 1875 and the fol-
lowing years.
In 1773 a letter written by Sir
CefYery provoked comment from the
King. George III. which shows how
the General stood. The subject mat
ter of the letter was unimportant. but
the style OF II irritated his Majesty.
who remarked that though couched
IN civil terms, 1t was not without that
commentator Of his own services.
which. though very great. would not
be iessened II he left the appreciating
them to others"
Mr.. Mayo sketches the history Of
American discontents in the years
which followed Amherst's return from
this land. beginning Q76p with Gren-
vllle's endeavor, while Chancellor OF
the Exchequer. to inaugurate COM
mercial and military system mot APP
proved by the American Colonists."
The policy included strict enforcement
of the trade laws. a permanent Brit
ksh military establishment in the
Colonies, and direct taxation for the
maintenance Of the troops on the
English side of this programme must
be reckoned the facts that the king
dom was burdened with war debt:
that the customs service in America
cost the home Government three to
seven times as much as II yielded in
revenue, and that II seemed reasonable
that the Colonies should pay for their
own defence which the Americans in
sisted they were able to provide for
themselves. And so the stamp tax
was proposed unless the Co!onists
could devise some more acceptable and
yet equally efficient method Of raising
the money:
.., ,..,,,, =,
,h.,r ,ny.rui,y NOR, :, DENYING IN. con.
.t,tu,,on,l,y Of p,rIlamentary taxation
than in contriving a less disagreeable i'm
post. the year Of grace given them by
Grenvllo for consideration was gone be-
fore any satisfactory substitute was round
inc C"lonis's were so burueneo WIN 'ne'r
pro.,'',s' ,r ,. s,,s,.a ,h.,
49,. - - 49,, ,,.,to. a. III. .d.
d,,iopai load Worry naturally they oues-
toned the right OF Parliament to tax
those whom 1t did not represent. and were
easily convinced that the proposed stamp
act was unconstitutional
Sir .tefyerv Amherst was not a menu
berof Parliament ,,ut The radical ele-
won," in New Work. believed him TO
a,nrovo M, only of the act but of
~, 49,. ~, military for,a IN ipsure its
,x.c,,iop Tho S,ns of Liberty
hurp.d him in .dipy. When tn.
po.kinyb.,n Wings ca,n.. into mower
o,d t,i,, ,bro,, In his In, With them
I'm IN. tiyh, for reneal /, WAS Amherst
whom tho legislators opposed Ia
Repiamin Fr.nklin's addresses upon
the honelessness If trying to enforce
tho act, ..rbov copsidered him eoual,y
yve,, irf,,ned and n.rhans loss nrei,,
diced" SIR J.fferv's onnosition to re-
non, was ,f su,h -, ouali,v a. loft no
,oon, Tor .mhi,uitv in tho r,,onis, -
onipior of him I, tho hrief Iull ,ha.
fo,,o,y.d rho final rcne,, of the act
,rbars, uas no, in tho forovro,nd
I'm, I'm t--i be once mnr. c,me Ia tho
politi,.I front
Gage vas .ndeayorinc TO reduce
tho Americans ui,hout committing AN
aggression thut wouIJ c.use omen
hns,ili,ics ana there WAS dissatisfac.
tion 4, Innd,n Lord Dartmouth
Secre,.rv far ,bo coIon,es and Lord
Nor,b dc,idod that , General of NOR,
f,rcsful ana d.cisivo .c,iyi,v sbo,,ld
mo nI,,c,d In command Inhn pownau
NJ r.commend.d sir Iaffery fo,
IN. cbiof ,,mm,nd powr.irs hrotb.,
h,a haan f;nvarn,r of tho Nassacbu.
.a,,s Eav rolo,v uhan Anbars, w..
,amn,iyuir, /, tho north Tho suner,
.o..i,n - C,.a wa, a.c;d.a un,n hn,
when the new nlan Was Laid hefore IN,
E,nc ho nhi.cte1 ia IN. II, ius,ic. .,
cayo rba, chan,;ny hi. row.
mind hs Ia, !, ~. kno,vn tba, ba va.
,,,,Iiu. :. b.,vo ,uhars, rn .,lvine
tho w,,,rd +, ,;,y.,s nrid. nv maxim,
him Covcrnor of Nassachusc,,s "a,