Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... continue the boycott , but the merchants were sick of it , and refused to do so . Colonial trade promptly adjusted itself to the new regulations ; prosperity returned ; and by the end of 1770 there was apparently a complete ...
... continue the boycott , but the merchants were sick of it , and refused to do so . Colonial trade promptly adjusted itself to the new regulations ; prosperity returned ; and by the end of 1770 there was apparently a complete ...
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... continue , when the Speaker of the House rose and , said he , the last that stood up had spoke traison , and was sorey to see that not one of the members of the House was loyal enough to stop him before he had gone so far . Upon which ...
... continue , when the Speaker of the House rose and , said he , the last that stood up had spoke traison , and was sorey to see that not one of the members of the House was loyal enough to stop him before he had gone so far . Upon which ...
Page 41
... continues in force , to the payment of the duties now imposed . Why was the Stamp Act then so pernicious to freedom ? It did not enact , that every man in the colonies should buy a certain quantity of paper - No : It only directed that ...
... continues in force , to the payment of the duties now imposed . Why was the Stamp Act then so pernicious to freedom ? It did not enact , that every man in the colonies should buy a certain quantity of paper - No : It only directed that ...
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... continuing as long as the Crown pleases , I am astonished to observe such a love of liberty still animating that loyal and generous nation ; and nothing can rise higher my idea of the integrity and public spirit of a people who have ...
... continuing as long as the Crown pleases , I am astonished to observe such a love of liberty still animating that loyal and generous nation ; and nothing can rise higher my idea of the integrity and public spirit of a people who have ...
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... continue the best and surest markett . As to the protection which it is supposed these new colonies may be capable of affording to the old ones , it will in our opinion appear upon the slightest view of their situation , that , so far ...
... continue the best and surest markett . As to the protection which it is supposed these new colonies may be capable of affording to the old ones , it will in our opinion appear upon the slightest view of their situation , that , so far ...
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