James Otis Jr.

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James Otis Jr. was an influential colonial lawyer and early American revolutionary thinker whose arguments against British taxation helped lay the intellectual groundwork for the American Revolution.

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James Otis Jr. canonical 23
Life of James Otis of Massachusetts 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American revolutionary figure ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
person ⓘ
political writer ⓘ
authorOf The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved ⓘ
causeOfDeath lightning strike ⓘ
citizenship Colony of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
United States ⓘ
countryOfBirth British America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1725-02-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1783-05-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard College ⓘ
linked to: Harvard University
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
familyName Otis ⓘ
fullName James Otis Jr. ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
ideology natural rights theory ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
influenced American revolutionary thought ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
Samuel Adams ⓘ
knownFor arguments against taxation without representation ⓘ
early advocacy of colonial rights ⓘ
opposition to writs of assistance ⓘ
legalSpecialty admiralty law ⓘ
memberOf Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
movement American Revolution ⓘ
notableIdea "Taxation without representation is tyranny" (associated slogan) ⓘ
notableWork Against Writs of Assistance argument (1761) ⓘ
The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
orator ⓘ
pamphleteer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
opposedTo Stamp Act ⓘ
linked to: Stamp Act 1765

writs of assistance ⓘ
parent James Otis Sr. ⓘ
placeOfBirth Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
linked to: Barnstable
placeOfDeath Andover, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Andover
positionHeld advocate general of the Admiralty Court for Massachusetts ⓘ
member of the Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
publicationDate 1764 ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Mercy Otis Warren ⓘ
spouse Ruth Cunningham ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sons of Liberty → notableMember → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Faneuil Hall → associatedWithPerson → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
William Tudor → notableWork → Life of James Otis of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: James Otis Jr.
Granary Burying Ground → burialPlaceOf → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Boston Sons of Liberty → hasMember → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Liberty Boys → hasMember → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Granary Burying Ground → burialPlaceOf → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
James Otis Jr. → fullName → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Sugar Act 1764 → criticizedBy → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Mercy Otis Warren → sibling → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Stamp Act Congress → keyDelegate → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Granary Burial Ground → burialPlaceOf → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
James Otis Sr. → hasRelative → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Colonial Boston → notablePerson → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Ruth Cunningham → spouse → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Harrison Gray Otis → relative → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Mary Allyne Otis → notableRelative → James Otis Jr. ⓘ
Boston Gazette → notableContributor → James Otis Jr. ⓘ