Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... dangerous to colonial liberty than mere taxing ; and thus rallied twelve continental colonies to Massachusetts . On the invitation of the Virginia House of Burgesses , twelve colonies or rather , twelve committees of correspondence ...
... dangerous to colonial liberty than mere taxing ; and thus rallied twelve continental colonies to Massachusetts . On the invitation of the Virginia House of Burgesses , twelve colonies or rather , twelve committees of correspondence ...
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... dangerous a tendency , or take away from His Majesty's good subjects a privilege so long esteemed sacred by Englishmen . 3. During the late and present Indian wa the frontiers of this Province have been repeatedly attacked and ravaged ...
... dangerous a tendency , or take away from His Majesty's good subjects a privilege so long esteemed sacred by Englishmen . 3. During the late and present Indian wa the frontiers of this Province have been repeatedly attacked and ravaged ...
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... dangerous , to our frontiers , to The Moravian Indians were an Algonkian tribe converted to Christianity , pacifism , and agriculture by German Moravian mis- sionaries . Their pathetic attempts to keep neutral between their savage ...
... dangerous , to our frontiers , to The Moravian Indians were an Algonkian tribe converted to Christianity , pacifism , and agriculture by German Moravian mis- sionaries . Their pathetic attempts to keep neutral between their savage ...
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... dangers attending enterprizes of this nature . 7. We daily lament that numbers of our nearest and dearest relatives are still in captivity among the savage heathen , to be trained up in all their ignorance and barbarity , or to be ...
... dangers attending enterprizes of this nature . 7. We daily lament that numbers of our nearest and dearest relatives are still in captivity among the savage heathen , to be trained up in all their ignorance and barbarity , or to be ...
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... dangerous innovation . It may perhaps be objected that Great Britain has a right to lay what duties she pleases upon her exports , and it makes no difference to us whether they are paid here or there . To this I answer these colonies ...
... dangerous innovation . It may perhaps be objected that Great Britain has a right to lay what duties she pleases upon her exports , and it makes no difference to us whether they are paid here or there . To this I answer these colonies ...
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