Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of WashingtonLeary & Getz, 1857 - 588 pages |
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Page 145
... declaration , in which they declared that " an attack made upon one of our sister colonies to compel submission to arbitrary taxes is an attack made upon all British America , and threatens ruin to the rights of all , unless the united ...
... declaration , in which they declared that " an attack made upon one of our sister colonies to compel submission to arbitrary taxes is an attack made upon all British America , and threatens ruin to the rights of all , unless the united ...
Page 221
... declared Great Britain to have been in every instance the aggressor , and stigmatized her proceed- ings as oppressive , cruel , unjust , and unrelenting , while they ac- quitted America of any design of aiming at independence . Wilkes ...
... declared Great Britain to have been in every instance the aggressor , and stigmatized her proceed- ings as oppressive , cruel , unjust , and unrelenting , while they ac- quitted America of any design of aiming at independence . Wilkes ...
Page 232
... declared that " the united colonies were , and of right ought to be , free and in- dependent states . " THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . 233 This declaration was ordered 232 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... declared that " the united colonies were , and of right ought to be , free and in- dependent states . " THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . 233 This declaration was ordered 232 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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