Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... citizens , and if ' tis taken from them without their consent , they are so far enslaved . [ p . 32 ] I also lay it down as one of the first principles from whence I intend to deduce the civil rights of the British colonies 1 that all ...
... citizens , and if ' tis taken from them without their consent , they are so far enslaved . [ p . 32 ] I also lay it down as one of the first principles from whence I intend to deduce the civil rights of the British colonies 1 that all ...
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... citizens of London ? The power described in the provincial charters is to make laws , and in the exercise of that power the colonies are bounded by no other limitations than what result from their subordina- tion to and dependence upon ...
... citizens of London ? The power described in the provincial charters is to make laws , and in the exercise of that power the colonies are bounded by no other limitations than what result from their subordina- tion to and dependence upon ...
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... citizens they do not ruin themselves . Their prudence will be called baseness ; their moderation will be called guilt ; and if their virtue does not lead them to destruction , as that of many other great and excellent persons has done ...
... citizens they do not ruin themselves . Their prudence will be called baseness ; their moderation will be called guilt ; and if their virtue does not lead them to destruction , as that of many other great and excellent persons has done ...
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... citizens , and were governed by senates of their own . It was the policy of Rome to conciliate her colonies by allowing them equal liberties with her citizens . Witness the example of the Privernates . Having mentioned the wisdom of the ...
... citizens , and were governed by senates of their own . It was the policy of Rome to conciliate her colonies by allowing them equal liberties with her citizens . Witness the example of the Privernates . Having mentioned the wisdom of the ...
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... citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country , to become the executioners of their friends and brethren , or to fall them- selves by their hands . He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us , and has ...
... citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country , to become the executioners of their friends and brethren , or to fall them- selves by their hands . He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us , and has ...
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