America's Major Wars: Crusaders, Critics, and Scholars, 1775-1972: 1775-1865Leslie Edward Decker, Robert Seager Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1973 - Mexican War, 1846-1848 |
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... trade ; second , the supplementary measures restricting manufactures ; third , the subsidiary rules with references to the Amer- ican trade ; the fourth , the much discussed measures enacted after the French and Indian War . In ...
... trade ; second , the supplementary measures restricting manufactures ; third , the subsidiary rules with references to the Amer- ican trade ; the fourth , the much discussed measures enacted after the French and Indian War . In ...
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... trade , but an examination of the whole- sale prices of molasses does not disclose any noticeable change attribut- able to the legislation . And if we carry our investigations further we find that the tax which the federal government ...
... trade , but an examination of the whole- sale prices of molasses does not disclose any noticeable change attribut- able to the legislation . And if we carry our investigations further we find that the tax which the federal government ...
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... trading with our enemy , not with the view of reducing that enemy to submission and terminating the contest more speedily for the general good , but upon the speculation of stunting the enemy's trade and encouraging our own . Lastly , I ...
... trading with our enemy , not with the view of reducing that enemy to submission and terminating the contest more speedily for the general good , but upon the speculation of stunting the enemy's trade and encouraging our own . Lastly , I ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | 21 |
Delegate Samuel Adams on American Independence | 36 |
Copyright | |
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