Anyone supporting the right of Parliament to tax Virginians should be considered an enemy of the colony. The House of Burgesses defeated the most extreme of Henry’s resolutions. But four of the resolutions were adopted. Virginia Governor Fauquier did not improve of the resolutions. He dissolved the House of Burgesses in response to their passage. The Virginia resolves were a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to the stamp act of 1765. The Stamp Act had been
Anyone supporting the right of Parliament to tax Virginians should be considered an enemy of the colony. The House of Burgesses defeated the most extreme of Henry’s resolutions. But four of the resolutions were adopted. Virginia Governor Fauquier did not improve of the resolutions. He dissolved the House of Burgesses in response to their passage. The Virginia resolves were a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to the stamp act of 1765. The Stamp Act had been