may 15, 1764 - Boston Town Council Meeting
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On May 15, 1764, the Boston Town Meeting asked their representatives to the Massachusetts General Court [Legislature] to use their "power and influence in maintaining the invaluable Rights and Privileges of the Province…If Taxes are laid upon us in any shape without ever having a Legal Representative where they are laid, are we not reduced from the Character of Free Subjects to the miserable state of tributary Slaves?" (NPS.gov)Added to timeline:
Date:
may 15, 1764
Now
~ 261 years ago