“Mr. Greenville strongly urged not only the power but the right of Parliament to tax the colonies and hoped in God’s name that none would dare dispute their Sovereignty”

-Edward Montague, 1764



“The Stamp Act imposed on the colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure. Parliament has no right to put its hands into our pockets without our consent.”

-George Washington, 1765



How are the quotations from Edward Montague and Georgia Washington and George Washington different?