The rights of the British colonies asserted and proved. By James Otis, Esq; ; [Four lines in Latin from Virgil]

Title

The rights of the British colonies asserted and proved. By James Otis, Esq; ; [Four lines in Latin from Virgil]

Author

Otis, James, 1725-1783.

Publication

Boston: :: Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street.,

M,DCC,LXIV. [1764]

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Subject terms

Massachusetts. -- General Court.

Constitutional law -- Great Britain -- Colonies.

Representative government and representation.

Great Britain -- Colonies -- America.

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.

United States -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

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Contents

• title page
• Introduction. Of the Origin of Government.
• Of Colonies in general.
• Of the natural Rights of Colonists.
• Of the Political and Civil Rights of the British Colonists.
• APPENDIX.
  • The City of Boston, at their Annual Meet|ing May, 1764, made Choice of Richard Dana, Joseph Green, Nathaniel Bethune, John Ruddock, Esq'rs; and Mr. Samuel Adams, to prepare INSTRUCTIONS for their REPRESENTATIVES. The following Instructions were reported by said Committee, and unanimously Voted.
  • Substance of a Memorial presented the As|sembly, in Pursuance of the above In|structions; and by the House voted to be transmitted to JASPER MAUDUIT, Esq Agent for this Province; to be improved as he may judge proper.
• endnote