The Regulations Lately Made Concerning the Colonies, and the Taxes Imposed upon Them, considered
- Thomas Whately (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This essay is among the most articulate defenses of Parliament’s supremacy over the colonies on matters of trade and taxation. It defended the Stamp Act on both policy and constitutional grounds, advocating a late mercantilist position in favor of a “wise and proper use of the colonies” as being “the principal Object of a British Minister’s care.” Constitutionally, it argued that all subjects, regardless of location, were virtually represented by Parliament.
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