There's nothing new about this, witness for instance, all the early Americans claiming that paying the stamp tax would make them slaves.

这并没有什么新鲜事，例如，所有早期的美国人都声称支付印花税会使他们成为奴隶。

In fact, the Sons of Liberty carried their operations to such excesses that many mild opponents of the stamp tax were frightened and drew back in astonishment at the forces they had unloosed.

事实上，自由之子的行动如此过火，以至于许多温和的印花税反对者都被吓坏了，并对他们释放的力量感到震惊。