Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... Pennsylvania Frontier , 1764 The Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act , 30 May 1765 : 1. Patrick Henry's Speech , from different sources 2. The Resolves . I · 14 17 Soame Jenyns's Objections to the Taxation of our American Colonies by the ...
... Pennsylvania Frontier , 1764 The Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act , 30 May 1765 : 1. Patrick Henry's Speech , from different sources 2. The Resolves . I · 14 17 Soame Jenyns's Objections to the Taxation of our American Colonies by the ...
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... Pennsylvania , 28 September 1776 Concord Town Meeting demands a Constitutional Con- vention , 21 October 1776 Articles of Confederation , 1777 ( 1781 ) Royal Instructions to the Peace Commission of 1778 Resolution of Congress on Public ...
... Pennsylvania , 28 September 1776 Concord Town Meeting demands a Constitutional Con- vention , 21 October 1776 Articles of Confederation , 1777 ( 1781 ) Royal Instructions to the Peace Commission of 1778 Resolution of Congress on Public ...
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... Pennsylvania frontiersmen , on their colony's handling of the Pontiac rebellion , they state that the standing of the frontier settlements depended , under God , on the almost despaired of success of His Majesty's little army , whose ...
... Pennsylvania frontiersmen , on their colony's handling of the Pontiac rebellion , they state that the standing of the frontier settlements depended , under God , on the almost despaired of success of His Majesty's little army , whose ...
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... Pennsylvania . Most of this frontier line was actually surveyed and marked ; it was confirmed by the Crown , and ... Pennsylvania ' to their own Governor and Assembly : a document which may serve as a link between ( b ) the problem of ...
... Pennsylvania . Most of this frontier line was actually surveyed and marked ; it was confirmed by the Crown , and ... Pennsylvania ' to their own Governor and Assembly : a document which may serve as a link between ( b ) the problem of ...
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... Pennsylvania frontiersmen joined the revolutionary move- ment in order to democratize Pennsylvania ( in which they succeeded - see pp . 162-76 ) , as well as to obtain freedom from transatlantic control . " 2 Another document that ...
... Pennsylvania frontiersmen joined the revolutionary move- ment in order to democratize Pennsylvania ( in which they succeeded - see pp . 162-76 ) , as well as to obtain freedom from transatlantic control . " 2 Another document that ...
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