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... Britain . II . That His Majesty's liege subjects in these colonies are intitled to all the inherent rights and liberties of his natural born subjects within the kingdom of Great Britain . III . That it is inseparably essential to the ...
... Britain . II . That His Majesty's liege subjects in these colonies are intitled to all the inherent rights and liberties of his natural born subjects within the kingdom of Great Britain . III . That it is inseparably essential to the ...
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... Britain , etc. , give and grant , ' etc. , as before . The last Act , granting duties upon paper , etc. , carefully pursues these modern precedents . The preamble is , ' Whereas it is expedient that a revenue should be raised in Your ...
... Britain , etc. , give and grant , ' etc. , as before . The last Act , granting duties upon paper , etc. , carefully pursues these modern precedents . The preamble is , ' Whereas it is expedient that a revenue should be raised in Your ...
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... Britain over the colonies is , then , unaccounted for ; and when we consider the ingenuity and pains which have lately been employed at home on this subject , we may justly conclude that the only reason why it is not accounted for is ...
... Britain over the colonies is , then , unaccounted for ; and when we consider the ingenuity and pains which have lately been employed at home on this subject , we may justly conclude that the only reason why it is not accounted for is ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xi |
The Western Problem 176388 | xix |
The Crisis 17726 | xxxiii |
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