Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... duties were levied for revenue purposes , was the point See documents printed in Callender , Selections from Economic History , chapter iii , and pp . 122-35 ; and G. L. Beer , op . cit . , chapter xiii . 2 Rights of the British ...
... duties were levied for revenue purposes , was the point See documents printed in Callender , Selections from Economic History , chapter iii , and pp . 122-35 ; and G. L. Beer , op . cit . , chapter xiii . 2 Rights of the British ...
Page xiv
... duties particularly onerous , 2 a system long prevalent in England . Stamp duties , in sterling , were required on all legal documents , on newspapers , pamphlets , and almanacs , playing cards and dice . The wedge was entering fast ...
... duties particularly onerous , 2 a system long prevalent in England . Stamp duties , in sterling , were required on all legal documents , on newspapers , pamphlets , and almanacs , playing cards and dice . The wedge was entering fast ...
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... duties - the ' Town- ( shend duties ' - were levied on certain British manufactures , land on tea , when entering the colonies . The moneys thus raised in the colonies , instead of going to support the garrison , were to be used to ...
... duties - the ' Town- ( shend duties ' - were levied on certain British manufactures , land on tea , when entering the colonies . The moneys thus raised in the colonies , instead of going to support the garrison , were to be used to ...
Page xvi
... duties on English textiles.2 On the other hand , Parliament aided the readjustment of American commerce by removing the English import duties on colonial corn and whale fins , and granting bounties on colonial flax , hemp , and timber.3 ...
... duties on English textiles.2 On the other hand , Parliament aided the readjustment of American commerce by removing the English import duties on colonial corn and whale fins , and granting bounties on colonial flax , hemp , and timber.3 ...
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... duties on English manufactures were preposterous , repealed all the Townshend duties except that on tea ; but all other duties and the com- missioners of the customs remained . Radical leaders wished to continue the boycott , but the ...
... duties on English manufactures were preposterous , repealed all the Townshend duties except that on tea ; but all other duties and the com- missioners of the customs remained . Radical leaders wished to continue the boycott , but the ...
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