U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites Math Flashcards Geography Guide Seven New Wonders of the World ... The Fifty States Reference Desk Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... Encyclopedia Otis, James Otis, James, Stamp Act ), and his ideas were used in the protests drafted by that body. Hated by the conservatives, his election (1766) as speaker of the assembly was vetoed by the royal governor. After the passage of the Townshend Acts (1767) Otis helped Samuel Adams draft the Massachusetts circular letter to the other colonies denouncing the acts. In 1769, Otis was struck on the head during a quarrel with a commissioner of customs. He subsequently became insane and took no further part in political affairs. See C. F. Mullett, ed., Some Political Writings of James Otis (1929); biography by W. Tudor (1823, repr. 1970). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Print More on James Otis from Fact Monster: - Barnstable - Barnstable Barnstable , town (1990 pop. 40,949), seat of Barnstable co., SE Mass.; inc. 1639. It is ... John Clark Ridpath Sons of Liberty - Sons of Liberty Sons of Liberty, secret organizations formed in the American colonies in protest ...
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