When was it published?

May 19, 1774 in The Virginia Gazette

Domestic News May 19, 1774

The Virginia Gazette

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Taxation Right, Colonies Dispute, Tea Destruction, British Merchants, Restitution, Punishment

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

In Glasgow, an opinion argues the Britain-colonies dispute centers on punishing Americans for destroying British merchants' tea property, not taxation rights, calling for restitution to avoid harming British trade.

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GLASGOW, March 31. The Friends of America have brought into the present Disputes between Great Britain and her Colonies the old Question about the Right of Taxation. Many People are of Opinion, that Great Britain has no Right to tax her Colonies, unless they are represented in Parliament; but this Question is, in a great Measure, foreign to the present Dispute. The Question is not whether Great Britain is to tax America, but whether or not the Americans are to be punished for wantonly destroying the Property of the Merchants of Great Britain, in Defiance of all Laws human and Divine. The Americans might have refused to buy and use the Tea, but they had certainly no Right to destroy it. Such a Punishment, therefore, as will oblige them to make an adequate Restitution for the Damage they have done, is most highly proper. A severe Punishment will be imprudent, as it would immediately recoil upon the Mother Country, and our Merchants would suffer greatly, by the Want of Remittances, and the Loss of their Trade.

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Politics

What keywords are associated?

Taxation Right Colonies Dispute Tea Destruction British Merchants Restitution Punishment

Where did it happen?

Glasgow

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Glasgow

Event Date

March 31

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such a punishment, therefore, as will oblige them to make an adequate restitution for the damage they have done, is most highly proper. a severe punishment will be imprudent, as it would immediately recoil upon the mother country, and our merchants would suffer greatly, by the want of remittances, and the loss of their trade.

Event Details

The Friends of America have brought into the present Disputes between Great Britain and her Colonies the old Question about the Right of Taxation. Many People are of Opinion, that Great Britain has no Right to tax her Colonies, unless they are represented in Parliament; but this Question is, in a great Measure, foreign to the present Dispute. The Question is not whether Great Britain is to tax America, but whether or not the Americans are to be punished for wantonly destroying the Property of the Merchants of Great Britain, in Defiance of all Laws human and Divine. The Americans might have refused to buy and use the Tea, but they had certainly no Right to destroy it.