Analysis: From The Perspective Of James Otis

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1. From the perspective of James Otis there are numerous people I would love to “date” again. I would like to date John Adams again because we were good friends, and worked together to get the Townshend Act repealed. John is strongly against taxation without representation, which was something I felt strongly about as well. I would also like to date Samuel Adams because he made efforts to repeal the stamp and tea acts, two acts that were inflicted upon the colonies without adequate representation in Parliament. Last of all, I would like to date my sister Mercy Otis Warren. We worked together in forming the Massachusetts Committee of Correspondence and she became more involved in the revolution because British officials beat me up.

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