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In Northampton County, the courthouse became a place of defiance long before open war. From petitions against “arbitrarye and illegall” taxes in 1653 to rejecting Parliament’s Stamp Act in 1767, local justices and citizens boldly challenged authority. By 1774, they burned tea in protest and sent food to Boston. Discover how Virginia’s Eastern Shore turned its courthouse green into a stage for revolution.
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In Northampton County, the courthouse became a place of defiance long before open war. From petitions against “arbitrarye and illegall” taxes in 1653 to rejecting Parliament’s Stamp Act in 1767, local justices and citizens boldly challenged authority. By 1774, they burned tea in protest and sent food to Boston. Discover how Virginia’s Eastern Shore turned its courthouse green into a stage for revolution.

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