 | James Campbell - 1999 - 322 pagine
...of 1766 by the House of Commons about the likely impact of the Stamp Act. Under his interpretation, "[a]n external tax is a duty laid on commodities imported; that duty is added to the first cost, and other charges on the commodity, and when it is offered to sale, makes a part of the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1965 - 534 pagine
...external taxes, and object to the right of parliament only in laying internal taxes; now can you shew, that there is any kind of difference between the two taxes to the Colony on which they may be laid? people without their consent, if not laid by their own representatives. The stamp act says, we shall... | |
 | John Phillip Reid - 2003 - 438 pagine
...testimony.7 The topic came up twice. The first occasion occurred when Franklin was asked to clarify the "difference between the two taxes to the Colony on which they may be laid." The difference, he replied, "is very great," explaining that Americans could refuse to pay a custom... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 460 pagine
...external taxes, and object to the right of Parliament only in laying internal taxes ; now can you show, that there is any kind of difference between the two...on commodities imported ; that duty is added to the first cost and other charges on the commodity, and, when it is offered for sale, makes a part of the... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - 2005 - 214 pagine
...asked Ben to explain why he thought the two were different. "The difference is very great," Ben began. "An external tax is a duty laid on commodities imported; that duty is added to the first cost, and other charges on the commodity, and when it is offered to sale, makes a part of the... | |
 | Jerome Dean Mahaffey - 2007 - 311 pagine
...Commons in 1766, Franklin explained American opposition to the new taxes on legal and rational grounds: An external tax is a duty laid on commodities imported; that duty is added to the first cost and other charges on the commodity, and when it is offered for sale, makes it part of the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 498 pagine
...external taxes, and object to the right of parliament only in laying internal taxes; now can you shew, that there is any kind of difference between the two...on commodities imported ; that duty is added to the first cost and other charges on the commodity, and, when it is offered to sale, makes a part of the... | |
 | 1767 - 1020 pagine
...that feel can beft judge. Q^ You fay the colonies have always fubmitted to external taxes, and objefl to the right of parliament only in laying internal...two taxes to the Colony on which they may be laid r A. I think the difference is very great. An external tax is a duty laid on commodities imported;... | |
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An external tax is a duty laid on commodities imported; that duty is added to the first cost and other charges on the commodity, and, when it is offered to sale, makes a part of the price. If the people do not like it at that price, they refuse it; they... 
