Massachusetts Circular Letter
The Massachusetts Circular Letter was a statement written by Samuel Adams and passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives in February 1768 in response to the Townshend Acts. Reactions to the letter brought heightened tensions between the British Parliament and Massachusetts, and resulted in the military occupation of Boston by the British Army, which contributed to the coming of the American Revolution.
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- MASSACHUSETTS CIRCULAR LETTER (11 February 1768, by Samuel Adams): An entry from Charles Scribner's Sons' Dictionary... - Laura M. Miller
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