Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... English scholar who has a thorough knowledge of similar issues in the later British Empire . E. Channing's History of the United States , vol . iii , 1761–89 ( Macmillan , 1912 , 585 pp . ) , is the best single volume covering the whole ...
... English scholar who has a thorough knowledge of similar issues in the later British Empire . E. Channing's History of the United States , vol . iii , 1761–89 ( Macmillan , 1912 , 585 pp . ) , is the best single volume covering the whole ...
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... English colonists were fairly satisfied with the existing rough compromise between home rule and imperial control . Although irritated with certain aspects of the old colonial system , they were content that Parliament should control ...
... English colonists were fairly satisfied with the existing rough compromise between home rule and imperial control . Although irritated with certain aspects of the old colonial system , they were content that Parliament should control ...
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... English colonies from the foreign West Indies , had never been enforced ; and one of the principal objections to the Revenue Act was its imposition of a lower but still onerous duty on such molasses.1 ' The Act of Navigation is a good ...
... English colonies from the foreign West Indies , had never been enforced ; and one of the principal objections to the Revenue Act was its imposition of a lower but still onerous duty on such molasses.1 ' The Act of Navigation is a good ...
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... English corporation ? Would a grant of direct representation solve the difficulty ? Daniel Dulany's and Soame Jenyns's pamphlets ( pp . 18-32 ) are good examples of the arguments used on both sides of the water in the 15 Geo . III , c ...
... English corporation ? Would a grant of direct representation solve the difficulty ? Daniel Dulany's and Soame Jenyns's pamphlets ( pp . 18-32 ) are good examples of the arguments used on both sides of the water in the 15 Geo . III , c ...
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... English textiles.2 On the other hand , Parliament aided the readjustment of American commerce by removing the English import duties on colonial corn and whale fins , and granting bounties on colonial flax , hemp , and timber.3 To oppose ...
... English textiles.2 On the other hand , Parliament aided the readjustment of American commerce by removing the English import duties on colonial corn and whale fins , and granting bounties on colonial flax , hemp , and timber.3 To oppose ...
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