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 Washington |
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Yet it is plain , that in the tobacco colonies we cannot at present confine our importations within such narrow bounds as the northern colonies . A plan of this kind , to be practicable , must be adapted to our circumstances , for if ...
Yet it is plain , that in the tobacco colonies we cannot at present confine our importations within such narrow bounds as the northern colonies . A plan of this kind , to be practicable , must be adapted to our circumstances , for if ...
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Accordingly , on the 26th of May , after stating the dangerous and critical situation of the colonies , from the attempts to carry into execution , by force , several unconstitutional acts of parliament , from the actual hostilities ...
Accordingly , on the 26th of May , after stating the dangerous and critical situation of the colonies , from the attempts to carry into execution , by force , several unconstitutional acts of parliament , from the actual hostilities ...
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On the evening of that day , the question being put in the committee , it was decided in the affirmative , by the votes of nine colonies ; the representatives of New York , Pennsylvania , Delaware , and South Carolina , acting under ...
On the evening of that day , the question being put in the committee , it was decided in the affirmative , by the votes of nine colonies ; the representatives of New York , Pennsylvania , Delaware , and South Carolina , acting under ...
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