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Stamp act
==Early life==
==Early life==
Fitzsimons' family immigrated to [[Philadelphia]] in the mid-1750s. His father died shortly thereafter; young Thomas, upon completing his education, entered a counting-house as a clerk.<ref name="FITZSIMONS, Thomas, 1741–1811">[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000178 FITZSIMONS, Thomas, (1741 - 1811)]</ref> He married Catherine Meade on November 23, 1761.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MaVJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA199 Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, Volume 3]</ref> In 1763 Thomas went into business with his new brother-in-law, George Meade (the grandfather of [[Civil War]] [[General George Meade]]), specializing in trade with the West Indies.<ref name=army>[http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/fitzsimons.htm Thomas Fitzsimons]</ref> When the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick was founded in 1771, Fitzsimons and Meade were among the first members.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cHzxeLx6rVMC&pg=PA107 The American Catholic Historical Researches, Volumes 6-7]</ref>
Fitzsimons' family immigrated to [[Philadelphia]] in the mid-1750s. His father died shortly thereafter; young Thomas, upon completing his education, entered a counting-house as a clerk.<ref name="FITZSIMONS, Thomas, 1741–1811">[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000178 FITZSIMONS, Thomas, (1741 - 1811)]</ref> He married Catherine Meade on November 23, 1761.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MaVJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA199 Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, Volume 3]</ref> In 1763 Thomas went into business with his new brother-in-law, George Meade (the grandfather of [[Civil War]] [[General George Meade]]), specializing in trade with the West Indies.<ref name=army>[http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/fitzsimons.htm Thomas Fitzsimons]</ref> When the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick was founded in 1771, Fitzsimons and Meade were among the first members.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cHzxeLx6rVMC&pg=PA107 The American Catholic Historical Researches, Volumes 6-7]</ref>
Like many of the other patriots who became active in the cause against the British Empire, the [[Stamp Act]] was passed shortly after he began his company, which was an issue he could not stand on the side-lines and ignore.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MMqnE_ubaMAC&pg=PP3 Thomas Fitzsimons]</ref>
==Military Service==
==Military Service==