Braintree Instructions
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braintree-instructions-260-9334479
title:
Braintree Instructions
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The Braintree Instructions was a document sent on September 24, 1765 by the town meeting of Braintree, Massachusetts to the town's representative at the Massachusetts General Court, or legislature, which instructed the representative to oppose the Stamp Act, a tax regime which had recently been adopted by the British Parliament in London. The document is significant because, following the Virginia Resolves, it was among the earliest in British America to officially reject the authority of Parlia
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1765 document in Massachusetts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braintree_Instructions
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2023-11-06T13:36:43Z
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