When1: 1764
Who: James Otis [Otis, James]
What: lawyer
Where: Boston, Massachusetts
works\ Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved
Detail: He lived 1725 to 1783 and claimed that Americans were British citizens, that Parliament must conform to Constitution, and that taxation required representation. From 1761 to 1769, he led colonies until severe head injury. He tried to defend merchants from general search warrants {assistance, writ} {writ of assistance}.
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