Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... King and Parliament ' have full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever ' . This was barely noticed in the colonies , and the Revenue Act was forgotten ...
... King and Parliament ' have full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever ' . This was barely noticed in the colonies , and the Revenue Act was forgotten ...
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... King and Empire , but growing American unity ; dislike of mob violence , but determination to pay no tax levied by Parliament , in whatever form . William Knox wrote the most effective reply to the Penn- sylvania Farmer ' .4 The ...
... King and Empire , but growing American unity ; dislike of mob violence , but determination to pay no tax levied by Parliament , in whatever form . William Knox wrote the most effective reply to the Penn- sylvania Farmer ' .4 The ...
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... King , 1918 ) . 2 Four works of great value and interest deal with the Western problem in whole or in part . F. J. Turner , Frontier in American History ( New York : Henry Holt , 1921 ) , is a collection of Professor Turner's essays ...
... King , 1918 ) . 2 Four works of great value and interest deal with the Western problem in whole or in part . F. J. Turner , Frontier in American History ( New York : Henry Holt , 1921 ) , is a collection of Professor Turner's essays ...
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... KING . A PROCLAMATION . GEORGE , R. WHEREAS we have taken into our royal consideration the extensive and valuable acquisitions in America secured to our Crown by the late definitive treaty of peace concluded at Paris the 10th day of ...
... KING . A PROCLAMATION . GEORGE , R. WHEREAS we have taken into our royal consideration the extensive and valuable acquisitions in America secured to our Crown by the late definitive treaty of peace concluded at Paris the 10th day of ...
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... King's laws , is high treason . Therefore let the Parliament lay what burthens they please on us , we must , it is our duty to submit and patiently bear them , till they will be pleased to relieve us . And ' tis to be presumed the ...
... King's laws , is high treason . Therefore let the Parliament lay what burthens they please on us , we must , it is our duty to submit and patiently bear them , till they will be pleased to relieve us . And ' tis to be presumed the ...
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