Comments on: Ebenezer MacIntosh and The Stamp Act Protests 1765

By: Kenneth Schaefer

Kenneth Schaefer — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 00:16:53 +0000

Mackintosh helped the upper class colonists defeat the Stamp Act. “Samuel and John Adams sought to marginalize Parliament’s supporters and nullify the stamp tax without unleashing class warfare. Rich Patriots needed reassurance that the resistance did not threaten them Working behind the scenes in ways that remain obscure, Patriot leaders discredited Mackintosh, who lost his clout with the mob. By 1770 he was languishing in jail for debt, which none of his former, genteel friends would help him pay.” pp 104-105 _American Revolution…_ by Alan Taylor

By: April p.

April p. — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 04:41:17 +0000

searching for info on ebenezer and his history prior to the Boston tea party. I am a direct descendant thru his son Pascal Paoli Macintosh

By: Susan L. McIntosh

Susan L. McIntosh — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:19:40 +0000

How much of the rebellion had to do with the British crown trying to reserve the west for native peoples? Colonists wanted none of that. Perhaps we should have reacted differently? American patriots were land hungry and would stop at nothing to gain their “own” piece of paradise. Even if it meant “clearing” and “removing” natives. Or just killing them. Our history has only been told from the British perspective. I am interested in the Gaelic and Native perspective as well.