Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... assemblies . In the Instructions issued by the new American Commis- sioners of the Customs to their subordinates ( pp . 74-83 ) , we can find exactly what acts and regulations regarding colonial trade , navigation , and manufactures ...
... assemblies . In the Instructions issued by the new American Commis- sioners of the Customs to their subordinates ( pp . 74-83 ) , we can find exactly what acts and regulations regarding colonial trade , navigation , and manufactures ...
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... Assembly : a document which may serve as a link between ( b ) the problem of Indian and backwoodsman , and ( e ) that of political adjustment between seaboard and interior . Pennsylvania was then controlled by an oligarchy composed of ...
... Assembly : a document which may serve as a link between ( b ) the problem of Indian and backwoodsman , and ( e ) that of political adjustment between seaboard and interior . Pennsylvania was then controlled by an oligarchy composed of ...
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... Assembly adopting their demands as to scalp bounties ( p . 13 ) . The Pennsylvania frontiersmen joined the revolutionary move- ment in order to democratize Pennsylvania ( in which they succeeded - see pp . 162-76 ) , as well as to ...
... Assembly adopting their demands as to scalp bounties ( p . 13 ) . The Pennsylvania frontiersmen joined the revolutionary move- ment in order to democratize Pennsylvania ( in which they succeeded - see pp . 162-76 ) , as well as to ...
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... assemblies to western settlements ( p . 158 ) . Of all the well - meaning English officials who were forced into contact with colonial affairs , Lord Shelburne alone had studied the Western problem . Gifted like Chatham with a ...
... assemblies to western settlements ( p . 158 ) . Of all the well - meaning English officials who were forced into contact with colonial affairs , Lord Shelburne alone had studied the Western problem . Gifted like Chatham with a ...
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... assembly.3 Yet prosperity was increasing , and most colonial leaders were In the Federal Convention of 1787 unsuccessful efforts were made by Gouverneur Morris and others to place restrictions on the ad- mission of western territories ...
... assembly.3 Yet prosperity was increasing , and most colonial leaders were In the Federal Convention of 1787 unsuccessful efforts were made by Gouverneur Morris and others to place restrictions on the ad- mission of western territories ...
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