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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... proposed the 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 ...
... proposed the 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 ...
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... proposed bill which was passed by the House of Com- mons with slight opposition in March 1765 . This act was planned to furnish a revenue of $ 300,000 , all of which was to be applied toward the support of troops in America . The bill ...
... proposed bill which was passed by the House of Com- mons with slight opposition in March 1765 . This act was planned to furnish a revenue of $ 300,000 , all of which was to be applied toward the support of troops in America . The bill ...
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... propose to me to burn my fingers with an American 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 ...
... propose to me to burn my fingers with an American 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 ...
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... propose to send his army ? Boston , perhaps , you may lay in ashes , or it may be made a strong garrison ; but the province will be lost to you . You will hold Boston as you hold Gibraltar , in the midst of a country which will not be ...
... propose to send his army ? Boston , perhaps , you may lay in ashes , or it may be made a strong garrison ; but the province will be lost to you . You will hold Boston as you hold Gibraltar , in the midst of a country which will not be ...
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... proposals . Members of Parliament who listened to Burke's words were not at the time sufficiently impressed to lend their votes , but many , after perusal of the printed speech , when it was too late , were won over to his views . Fox ...
... proposals . Members of Parliament who listened to Burke's words were not at the time sufficiently impressed to lend their votes , but many , after perusal of the printed speech , when it was too late , were won over to his views . Fox ...
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