Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... British mer- chants , mariners , and other British subjects are supported- a tax at least equal to what is paid by any farmer of Great Britain , possessed of the same degree of property ; and more- over the planter must contribute to ...
... British mer- chants , mariners , and other British subjects are supported- a tax at least equal to what is paid by any farmer of Great Britain , possessed of the same degree of property ; and more- over the planter must contribute to ...
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... British Crown - for increasing the trade of the British merchants- for augmenting the rents of the British landlords - for heighten- ing the wages of the British artificers ? Britons should blush to make such a claim : Americans would ...
... British Crown - for increasing the trade of the British merchants- for augmenting the rents of the British landlords - for heighten- ing the wages of the British artificers ? Britons should blush to make such a claim : Americans would ...
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... British Empire ; because the British Government is not an empire . The governments of France , Spain , & c . , are not empires , but monarchies , supposed to be governed by fixed fundamental laws , though not really . The British ...
... British Empire ; because the British Government is not an empire . The governments of France , Spain , & c . , are not empires , but monarchies , supposed to be governed by fixed fundamental laws , though not really . The British ...
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