Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... delegates to Philadelphia in September 1774 , to consult as to what measures should be taken to procure a repeal of the Acts , and a redress of other outstanding grievances.3 It was this Continental Congress which , beginning as an ...
... delegates to Philadelphia in September 1774 , to consult as to what measures should be taken to procure a repeal of the Acts , and a redress of other outstanding grievances.3 It was this Continental Congress which , beginning as an ...
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... delegates . They were followed by the Association ( p . 122 ) , a scheme of commercial retalia- tion to go into effect if the Coercive Acts were not soon repealed , and to be enforced by the committees of corre- spondence . For the ...
... delegates . They were followed by the Association ( p . 122 ) , a scheme of commercial retalia- tion to go into effect if the Coercive Acts were not soon repealed , and to be enforced by the committees of corre- spondence . For the ...
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... delegates to oppose independence ; but before the end of the year Congress decided to seek French aid.2 By the opening of 1776 it became clear that the American policy was a failure . War had widened the chasm instead of closing the ...
... delegates to oppose independence ; but before the end of the year Congress decided to seek French aid.2 By the opening of 1776 it became clear that the American policy was a failure . War had widened the chasm instead of closing the ...
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... delegates in that sense ( p . 146 ) . On 6 April Congress declared American commerce open to the world . In May , it instructed the colonies to form State governments ( p . 148 ) . South Carolina had already done so ( p . 146 ) , and ...
... delegates in that sense ( p . 146 ) . On 6 April Congress declared American commerce open to the world . In May , it instructed the colonies to form State governments ( p . 148 ) . South Carolina had already done so ( p . 146 ) , and ...
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... state laws . Cf. ' Struggle over adoption of the Constitution of Mass . ' in Proceedings Mass . Hist . Society , 1. 353 . vention delegated to John Adams the actual drafting of the STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS , 1776-88 xxxix.
... state laws . Cf. ' Struggle over adoption of the Constitution of Mass . ' in Proceedings Mass . Hist . Society , 1. 353 . vention delegated to John Adams the actual drafting of the STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS , 1776-88 xxxix.
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