tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post6150930740636279281..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The “Transporting Us Beyond Seas” MysteryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-56072267975696951382008-11-29T20:51:00.000-05:002008-11-29T20:51:00.000-05:00Thank you! Last week I came across another referen...Thank you! Last week I came across another reference to a parliamentary law of 1769 and told myself I should get back on that trail. Your comment is timely and helpful.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-69258076251708452282008-11-29T20:41:00.000-05:002008-11-29T20:41:00.000-05:00The 1769 resolves of Parliament that Adams objecte...The 1769 resolves of Parliament that Adams objected to were those approved by the House of Commons on 26 January 1769, suggesting that the 1543 Treason Act could be applied to Bostonians after the Townshend Acts protests. The 1543 Treason Act, passed during the reign of Henry VIII, allowed for acts of treason committed outside England to be tried within England. Edmund Burke and William Dowdeswell gave <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=jgcPAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA191,M1" REL="nofollow">trenchant speeches</A> against the 1769 resolutions, to no avail.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10662430672900046101noreply@blogger.com