the several houses of assembly on the continent; whose concurrence in the like was requested. The resolves express, “That the sole right of imposing taxes on the inhabitants of the colony, is now, and ever hath been legally and constitutionally vested in the house of burgesses, with consent of the council, and of the king, or his governor for the time being—That it is the privilege of the inhabitants to petition their sovereign for redress of grievances, and that it is lawful to procure the concurrence of his majesty’s other colonies in dutiful addresses, praying the royal interposition in favor of the violated rights of America—That all trials for treason, misprison of treason, or for any felony or crime whatsoever, committed by any person residing in said colony, ought to be in and before his majesty’s courts within said colony; and that the seizing any person residing in the colony, suspected of any crime whatsoever, committed therein and sending such person to places beyond the sea to be tried, is highly derogatory of the rights of British subjects, as thereby the inestimable privilege of being tried by a jury from the vicinage, as well as the liberty of producing witnesses on such trial, will be taken away from the party accused.” These resolutions were followed by a humble address to his majesty, beseaching his royal interposition to quiet the minds of his royal subjects in the colony, and to avert those dangers and miseries which will ensue from seizing and carrying beyond sea the inhabitants of America, to be tried in any other manner than by the ancient and long established mode of proceeding. [May 17.] The next day Lord _Bottetourt_ sent for them, and said, “Mr. speaker, and gentlemen of the house of burgesses, I have heard of your resolves, and augur ill of their effects. You have made it my duty to dissolve you, and you are dissolved accordingly.” The gentlemen who composed the house, being, reduced by the dissolution to private persons, repaired immediately to another place, that so they might consider what measures were proper to be taken, and chose the late speaker _Peyton Randolph_, esq. moderator. [18.] They entered into an association unanimously [which they subscribed and recommended to all merchants, gentlemen, traders and others] against importing any goods taxed, and many other articles; against wines, against importing and purchasing negroes, &c. The next month the Maryland gentlemen and merchants entered into a non-importation agreement similar to the Virginian. The _South-Carolinians_ followed the example.