Young Folks' histoire de notre pays ; un historique précis et palpitant d'Amérique, a dit dans la langue de l'enfance simple .. . N, a été adopté à la Chambre des com-mons, Mars, 1765, par avote de 5 à 1, et de la Chambre des Lords étaient tellement convenu qu'il n'y a nodivision. Cette loi impose un droit sur tout le papier, calque, et le parchemin de mesureutilisé dans les colonies, et que tous les écrits sur les matériaux non estampillés d'être nulland nulle. 114 LA LIBERTÉ OU LA MORT. Une autre loi adoptée par le fer-li-a-ment était plus irritant pour la A-mer-i-poubelles que le Stamp Act. C'était connu comme le quar-ter-ing Loi. Astanding armée était orde

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Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood .. . n scheme, passed the House of Com-mons, March, 1765, by avote of five to one, and the House of Lords were so agreed that there was nodivision. This act imposed a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment usedin the colonies, and declared all writings on unstamped materials to be nulland void. 114 LIBERTY OR DEATH. Another act passed by Par-li-a-ment was more irritating to the A-mer-i-cans than the Stamp Act. This was known as the Quar-ter-ing Act. Astanding army was ordered for the colonies, and the people, wherever thesetroops were stationed, were required by this enactment to find quarters, fire-wood, bedding, drink, soap and candles for the soldiers. The Vir-gin-i-a assem-bly was in session when the news of the passage of these acts arrived in May.The aristocratic leaders of the House were afraid to take any action; but Pat-rickHen-ry, a young lawyer, presented a series of resolutions denouncing the actsas destructive to Bri-tish as well as A-mer-i-can liberty. The resolutions, sup-. MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE. ported by Hen-rys wonderful eloquence, passed, notwithstanding great op-position, and copies were sent at once to the different colonies. Beforethe ir-gin-i-a resolutions reached Mas-sa-chu-setts, her representatives hadrecommended that committees from the several colonies should meet at NewYork in Oc-to-ber, to consult on what was to be done. The people seemed scarcely inclined to wait for this Colonial Congress, but took matters into their own hands. In New York, as early as June, theStamp Act was hawked about the streets as The Folly of Eng-land and the LIBERTY OR DEATH. 115 Ruin of A-mer-i-ca. In Bos-ton the citizens had frequent meetings under atree, which they named Li-ber-ty Tree, Upon this they hung in efifigy thosepersons who were supposed to favor the Eng-lish government. In Au-gusta mob attacked the house of a stamp distributor

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