Causes and Necessities for Taking up Arms 1775
They (parliament) have undertaken to give and grant our money without our
consent, though we have ever exercised an exclusive right to dispose of our own
property; statutes have been passed for extending the jurisdiction of courts of
admiralty and vice-admiralty beyond their ancient limits; for depriving us of
the accustomed and inestimable privilege of trial by jury, in cases affecting
both life and property;
