Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... and audacious encroach- ments of the backwoodsmen , and proposing a bill for their deportation . Minutes of Provincial Council of Penn . , ix . 408 . , ' Paxton Boys ' took a cowardly revenge by wiping xxii INTRODUCTION.
... and audacious encroach- ments of the backwoodsmen , and proposing a bill for their deportation . Minutes of Provincial Council of Penn . , ix . 408 . , ' Paxton Boys ' took a cowardly revenge by wiping xxii INTRODUCTION.
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... Council , which on several occasions instructed royal governors to refuse representation in the colonial assemblies to western settlements ( p . 158 ) . Of all the well - meaning English officials who were forced into contact with ...
... Council , which on several occasions instructed royal governors to refuse representation in the colonial assemblies to western settlements ( p . 158 ) . Of all the well - meaning English officials who were forced into contact with ...
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... council of thirteen allies . The Articles of Confederation ( p . 178 ) , drafted in 1777 but not ratified ( for reasons con- nected with the Western problem ) until 1781 , legalized the existing situation . Congress , as organized in ...
... council of thirteen allies . The Articles of Confederation ( p . 178 ) , drafted in 1777 but not ratified ( for reasons con- nected with the Western problem ) until 1781 , legalized the existing situation . Congress , as organized in ...
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... Council , to issue this our Royal Proclamation , hereby to publish and declare to all our loving subjects that we have , with the advice of our said Privy Council , granted our letters patent under our Great Seal of Great Britain , to ...
... Council , to issue this our Royal Proclamation , hereby to publish and declare to all our loving subjects that we have , with the advice of our said Privy Council , granted our letters patent under our Great Seal of Great Britain , to ...
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... Council aforesaid , annexed to cur Province of Georgia all the lands lying between the rivers Altamaha and St. Mary's . ยท And whereas it is just and reasonable , and essential to our interest and the security of our colonies , that the ...
... Council aforesaid , annexed to cur Province of Georgia all the lands lying between the rivers Altamaha and St. Mary's . ยท And whereas it is just and reasonable , and essential to our interest and the security of our colonies , that the ...
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