James Otis Jr.

Portrait of Joseph Blackburn (1755)

James Otis junior (born February 5, 1725 in West Barnstable (now Barnstable ), Massachusetts Bay Colony , † May 23, 1783 in Andover , Massachusetts ) was an American lawyer , politician and independence fighter.

Life

James Otis was a brother of Samuel Allyne Otis (1740-1814), who sat for Massachusetts in the Continental Congress . He was a prominent advocate for the rights of North American colonists. With his writings he paved the way for the independence of the colonies. In 1765 he played an important role at the stamp tax congress . The phrase Taxation without representation is tyranny is ascribed to him. However, there is no contemporary source for this. The first attributions are found for the first time in 1820, around 40 years after his death.

James Otis was initiated as a Freemason in Boston at St. John's Lodge on March 11, 1752 . He was a well known member of the Sons of Liberty .

Otis died from a lightning strike. He is played by Jeff York in the Walt Disney film Johnny Tremain (1957), based on the novel by Esther Forbes , directed by Robert Stevenson .

Fonts

A vindication of the conduct of the House of Representatives of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay. Edes and Gill, Boston - New England 1762.
The Rights of the British colonies Asserted and proved. Edes and Gill, Boston - New-England 1764, ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
A vindication of the British colonies. Edes and Gill, Boston - New England 1765.

literature

Bernard Bailyn: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 1967.
John Clark Ridpath: James Otis the Pre-Revolutionist. A brief Interpretation of the Life and Work of a Patriot. With Anecdotes, Characteristics and Chronology. The University Association, Chicago IL 1898, ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Otis, James . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 20 : Ode - Payment of Members . London 1911, p. 366 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).

Web links

Entry on James Otis Jr. in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)

Individual evidence

↑ boston1775.blogspot.co.at
↑ boston1775.blogspot.co.at
↑ cf. David Hackett Fischer : Albion's Seed. Four British folkways in America (= America, a cultural History. 1). Oxford University Press, New York NY u. a. 1989, ISBN 0-19-503794-4 , p. 30, quoted from Bill Bryson : Made in America. An Informal History of the English Language in the United States. Black Swan, London 1998, ISBN 0-552-99805-2 , p. 38.
^ William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman: 10,000 Famous Freemasons. Volume 3: K - P. The Educational Bureau of the Royal Arch Mason Magazine, Trenton 1959, (Reprint. Volume 2 (= Vol. 3 and 4 in 1 Vol.): From K to Z. Kessinger, Whitefish MT 2004, ISBN 1-4179-7579-2 ).

personal data
SURNAME	Otis, James Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Otis, James Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer, politician, and independence fighter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 5, 1725
PLACE OF BIRTH	West Barnstable (now to Barnstable ), Massachusetts Bay Colony
DATE OF DEATH	May 23, 1783
Place of death	Andover , Massachusetts

[1] ston1775.blogspot.co.at

[2] ston1775.blogspot.co.at

[3] . David Hackett Fischer : Albion's Seed. Four British folkways in America (= America, a cultural History. 1). Oxford University Press, New York NY u. a. 1989, ISBN 0-19-503794-4 , p. 30, quoted from Bill Bryson : Made in America. An Informal History of the English Language in the United States. Black Swan, London 1998, ISBN 0-552-99805-2 , p. 38.

[Denslow-4] William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman: 10,000 Famous Freemasons. Volume 3: K - P. The Educational Bureau of the Royal Arch Mason Magazine, Trenton 1959, (Reprint. Volume 2 (= Vol. 3 and 4 in 1 Vol.): From K to Z. Kessinger, Whitefish MT 2004, ISBN 1-4179-7579-2 ).