Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... consequence of this establish- ment , and the Acts of Succession and Union , His Majesty George III is rightful king and sovereign , and with his Parlia- ment , the supreme legislative of Great Britain , France , and Ireland , and the ...
... consequence of this establish- ment , and the Acts of Succession and Union , His Majesty George III is rightful king and sovereign , and with his Parlia- ment , the supreme legislative of Great Britain , France , and Ireland , and the ...
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... consequence ? Have their Assem- blies shewn so much obedience to the orders of the Crown , that we could reasonably expect that they would immediately tax themselves on the arbitrary command of a minister ? Would it be possible here to ...
... consequence ? Have their Assem- blies shewn so much obedience to the orders of the Crown , that we could reasonably expect that they would immediately tax themselves on the arbitrary command of a minister ? Would it be possible here to ...
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... consequence is the same . But allowing this asser- tion to be true , which it is not , yet the reasoning upon it is glaringly false for surely it is not the same whether the wealth derived from these colonies flows immediately into the ...
... consequence is the same . But allowing this asser- tion to be true , which it is not , yet the reasoning upon it is glaringly false for surely it is not the same whether the wealth derived from these colonies flows immediately into the ...
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... consequences , will eventually affect the mother - country ; yet these consequences being generally remote , are not at once forseen , they do not immediately alarm the fears and engage the passions of the English electors ; the ...
... consequences , will eventually affect the mother - country ; yet these consequences being generally remote , are not at once forseen , they do not immediately alarm the fears and engage the passions of the English electors ; the ...
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... consequence to his ease and relief , whether the duties raised upon America are paid there , and thence afterwards remitted to Great Britain , or paid arst upon the produce of the colonies in Great Britain . In the article of tobacco ...
... consequence to his ease and relief , whether the duties raised upon America are paid there , and thence afterwards remitted to Great Britain , or paid arst upon the produce of the colonies in Great Britain . In the article of tobacco ...
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