Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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Page xvii
... North ministry , concluding that colonial duties on English manufactures were preposterous , repealed all the Townshend duties except that on tea ; but all other duties and the com- missioners of the customs remained .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 North ministry , concluding that colonial duties on English manufactures were preposterous , repealed all the Townshend duties except that on tea ; but all other duties and the com- missioners of the customs remained .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 ...
Page xx
... north - western Indians after victory seemed secure , by the trickery of ... ministry had decided to retain Canada and the Floridas instead of Guadeloupe ... ministry into a permanent barrier ( p . 70 ) , that it helped to inflame ...
... north - western Indians after victory seemed secure , by the trickery of ... ministry had decided to retain Canada and the Floridas instead of Guadeloupe ... ministry into a permanent barrier ( p . 70 ) , that it helped to inflame ...
Page xxvi
... ministry . Colonial governors were instructed by the Crown to enforce it , and the promoters of Western colonies ... North , East , and South ; yet it dismantled the only possible machinery for such diversion , the Indian service ...
... ministry . Colonial governors were instructed by the Crown to enforce it , and the promoters of Western colonies ... North , East , and South ; yet it dismantled the only possible machinery for such diversion , the Indian service ...
Page xxvii
... northern and southern Indians hunted and fought , but where none dared to dwell . At this point the boundary line of 1768 bent ... North ministry endeavoured to check them by the ad- ditional Instructions of 3 February 1774 ( p . 97 ) .1 ...
... northern and southern Indians hunted and fought , but where none dared to dwell . At this point the boundary line of 1768 bent ... North ministry endeavoured to check them by the ad- ditional Instructions of 3 February 1774 ( p . 97 ) .1 ...
Page xxix
... North - west the United States demanded everything west and south of the old bound- ary of Quebec . Although a ... ministry accepted the present American - Canadian boundary as a compromise . American independence meant , among other ...
... North - west the United States demanded everything west and south of the old bound- ary of Quebec . Although a ... ministry accepted the present American - Canadian boundary as a compromise . American independence meant , among other ...
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