Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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... Stamp Act , a measure designed to raise sufficient money to pay one - third of the annual cost of maintaining the army in America . After the colonists had been given a year in which to consider the details of the measure , he met their ...
... Stamp Act , a measure designed to raise sufficient money to pay one - third of the annual cost of maintaining the army in America . After the colonists had been given a year in which to consider the details of the measure , he met their ...
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... Stamp Act was repealed . AMERICAN TAXATION WILLIAM PITT , EARL OF CHATHAM It is a long time , Mr. Speaker , since I have attended in Parliament . When the resolution was taken in this House to tax America , I was ill in bed . If I could ...
... Stamp Act was repealed . AMERICAN TAXATION WILLIAM PITT , EARL OF CHATHAM It is a long time , Mr. Speaker , since I have attended in Parliament . When the resolution was taken in this House to tax America , I was ill in bed . If I could ...
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... stamp act . With the enemy at their back , with our bayonets at their breast , in the day of their distress , perhaps the Americans would have submitted to the imposition ; but it would have been taking an ungenerous , an unjust ...
... stamp act . With the enemy at their back , with our bayonets at their breast , in the day of their distress , perhaps the Americans would have submitted to the imposition ; but it would have been taking an ungenerous , an unjust ...
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... Stamp Act be repealed absolutely , totally , and immediately . That the reason for the repeal be assigned - viz ... law for both England and America ? What were Chatham's reasons for considering the taxation of America the most important ...
... Stamp Act be repealed absolutely , totally , and immediately . That the reason for the repeal be assigned - viz ... law for both England and America ? What were Chatham's reasons for considering the taxation of America the most important ...
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... Stamp Act was largely destroyed by the passage soon after of the Declaratory Act in which Parliament laid no import or duty but asserted its right to tax America . This action was a colossal blunder , inas- much as it ignored the fact ...
... Stamp Act was largely destroyed by the passage soon after of the Declaratory Act in which Parliament laid no import or duty but asserted its right to tax America . This action was a colossal blunder , inas- much as it ignored the fact ...
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