Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... given the editor valuable suggestions which he gratefully acknow- ledges . The documents are reproduced from the manuscript , or , in the case of those already printed , from the best available edition , without change in spelling ...
... given the editor valuable suggestions which he gratefully acknow- ledges . The documents are reproduced from the manuscript , or , in the case of those already printed , from the best available edition , without change in spelling ...
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... given , to show how tradition is made ) , and defined the issue in the Resolves of 30 May ( pp . 14-18 ) . The Stamp Act Congress in New York , the first intercolonial meeting summoned by local initiative , adopted a more reasoned and ...
... given , to show how tradition is made ) , and defined the issue in the Resolves of 30 May ( pp . 14-18 ) . The Stamp Act Congress in New York , the first intercolonial meeting summoned by local initiative , adopted a more reasoned and ...
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... Given the conditions of American society , the problem could hardly have been solved otherwise than by gradually eliminating the Indians . As Roosevelt says , the sole alternative was to keep that ' vast continent as a game preserve for ...
... Given the conditions of American society , the problem could hardly have been solved otherwise than by gradually eliminating the Indians . As Roosevelt says , the sole alternative was to keep that ' vast continent as a game preserve for ...
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... given an appointive power and a suspensive veto ; the senate frankly represented wealth , being apportioned according to the taxable property of the state ; the judges of the supreme court were appointed by the governor , and held ...
... given an appointive power and a suspensive veto ; the senate frankly represented wealth , being apportioned according to the taxable property of the state ; the judges of the supreme court were appointed by the governor , and held ...
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... Given at our Court at St. James's , the 7th day of October 1763 , in the third year of our reign . FROM JAMES OTIS'S RIGHTS OF THE COLONIES ' The Rights of the British Colonies asserted and proved . By James Otis , Esq . , Boston , 1764 ...
... Given at our Court at St. James's , the 7th day of October 1763 , in the third year of our reign . FROM JAMES OTIS'S RIGHTS OF THE COLONIES ' The Rights of the British Colonies asserted and proved . By James Otis , Esq . , Boston , 1764 ...
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