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James Otis Sr. (1702–1778) was a prominent lawyer in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. His sons James Otis Jr. and Samuel Allyne Otis also rose to prominence, as did his daughter Mercy Otis Warren.
19 de mai. de 2024 · James Otis (born Feb. 5, 1725, West Barnstable, Mass. [U.S.]—died May 23, 1783, Andover, Mass.) was an American political activist during the period leading up to the American Revolution. He helped formulate the colonists’ grievances against the British government in the 1760s.
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James Otis was a successful lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts who played a key role in shaping the ideology of the American Revolution. Otis was a prolific writer and speaker and used his skills to lead opposition to British policies, including Writs of Assistance, the Sugar Act, the Townshend Acts, and the Stamp Act. Otis is often credited for the...
Date of Birth:James Otis was born on February 5, 1725, in present-day West Barnstable, Massachusetts.Parents:His parents were James Otis Sr. and Mary Allyne.Spouse:Otis married Ruth Cunningham in 1755.Date of Death:He died on May 23, 1783, in Andover, Massachusetts.James Otis Jr. was born in Great Marshes, later known as West Barnstable, Massachusetts, on February 5, 1725. His father was James Otis, Sr. and his mother was Mary Allyne. He was the second of 13 children, but the first to live past infancy. His sister, Mercy Otis Warren, and brothers, Joseph Otis and Samuel Allyne Otis, were Patriots and contribu...
In the spring of 1755, Otis married Ruth Cunningham. She was the daughter of a Boston merchant. By all accounts, she was regarded as very beautiful, and the marriage increased his social standing. However, she was a Loyalist, so they disagreed on many political issues, which frustrated him at times. Together, they had three children, James, Elizabe...
James Otis began his education under the tutelage of the Reverend Jonathan Russell in Barnstable. In June 1739, when he was 15, he was ready for college, and he entered Harvard to prepare for a career in law. He graduated from Harvard in 1743.
In 1747, Otis finished his studies under Gridley and moved to Plymouth. He applied for admission to the bar and was accepted by the court. In 1748, he started practicing law on his own and stayed in Plymouth for two years In 1750, he moved to Boston. By the time Otis was 35 years old, he had established himself as one of the more prominent attorney...
In 1756, he was appointed Advocate General of the Boston Vice-Admiralty Court. It was the highest political position for a lawyer in Massachusetts. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing cases that dealt with smuggling. In 1761, about a month after he argued against the Writs of Assistance, he was elected as a representative to the Massach...
In 1761, Governor Bernard appointed Thomas Hutchinsonto Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court and passed over James Otis Sr. James Otis Sr. and his son were disappointed and upset because they believed the position had been promised to Otis Sr. by Governor William Shirley, one of Bernard’s predecessors. However, Bernard did not believe ...
When King George III took the throne, Britain decided to enforce the Navigation Acts. In 1761, in an effort to enforce the laws, Charles Paxton, a British customs officer in Boston, asked the Massachusetts Superior Court to issue a Writ of Assistance, in order to help crack down on violators of the Navigation Acts. A Writ of Assistance was a genera...
In 1764, at the urging of Prime Minister George Grenville, Parliament passed the Sugar Act. The Sugar Act was the first bill passed to raise revenue from the American colonies. It was actually an extension of the Molasses Act but added taxes to additional goods. It also created regulations on commerce that made it more difficult for merchants to do...
James Otis Jr. (February 5, 1725 – May 23, 1783) was an American lawyer, political activist, colonial legislator, and early supporter of patriotic causes in Massachusetts Bay Colony at the beginning of the Revolutionary Era.
James Otis, Jr. used his words to whip anti-British sentiment into a frenzy—so why isn’t he better remembered now?
James Otis was one of the most passionate and effective protectors of American rights during the 1760s, but his bright star dimmed during his lifetime and remains so today. He was born in West Barnstable on Cape Cod, the son of a prominent Massachusetts political figure with the same name.
James Otis Jr. was a firebrand attorney and politician who argued a 1761 case against the use of general search warrants (writs of assistance) by British tax collectors. “American independence was then and there born,” Adams would write of his electrifying speech in court.
