Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... North America , 7 October 1763 . From James Otis's Rights of the British Colonies , 1764 A Remonstrance from the Pennsylvania Frontier , 1764 The Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act , 30 May 1765 : 1. Patrick Henry's Speech , from ...
... North America , 7 October 1763 . From James Otis's Rights of the British Colonies , 1764 A Remonstrance from the Pennsylvania Frontier , 1764 The Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act , 30 May 1765 : 1. Patrick Henry's Speech , from ...
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... North Resolution , 1775 Letters of Joseph Warren to Arthur Lee , 1775 Declaration of Causes of Taking up Arms . 6 July 1775 Approaching Independence : ( a ) John Adams to James Warren , 22 April 1776 ( b ) Congress recommends the ...
... North Resolution , 1775 Letters of Joseph Warren to Arthur Lee , 1775 Declaration of Causes of Taking up Arms . 6 July 1775 Approaching Independence : ( a ) John Adams to James Warren , 22 April 1776 ( b ) Congress recommends the ...
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... North America , the 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 ...
... North America , the 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 ...
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... North ministry , concluding that colonial duties on English manufactures were preposterous , repealed all the Townshend duties except that on tea ; but all other duties and the com- missioners of the customs remained . Radical leaders ...
... North ministry , concluding that colonial duties on English manufactures were preposterous , repealed all the Townshend duties except that on tea ; but all other duties and the com- missioners of the customs remained . Radical leaders ...
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... North American West would be won by France , Spain , the British Empire , or the United States , or be partitioned among them . The Peace of 1763 was an important stage in this problem , eliminating France from the contest ( save as a ...
... North American West would be won by France , Spain , the British Empire , or the United States , or be partitioned among them . The Peace of 1763 was an important stage in this problem , eliminating France from the contest ( save as a ...
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