DANIEL LEONARD


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When the stamp-act was made, the authority of parliament to impose internal taxes was denied, but their right to impose external ones … to lay duties upon goods … was admitted. When the act was made imposing duties upon tea, … a new distinction was set up, that the parliament had a right to lay duties … for the purpose of regulating trade but not for the purpose of raising a revenue.
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The patriot legal position did shift over time. Like many grass roots political movements, the Americans had morality and justice on their side and did not think through the implications of their arguments when they opposed the Stamp Act. After the Revolution Leonard had to leave and he went to English Bermuda where he was rewarded for his loyalty with the position of Chief Justice.

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  • Born: May 18, 1740
  • Died: June 27, 1829
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Daniel Leonard was a lawyer from colonial Massachusetts and a Loyalist in the American Revolution.