Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... grievances ' , which refused to pay taxes , and broke up court sessions . Their armed bands were defeated in the Battle of the Alamance ' on 16 May 1771 by North Carolinians , who afterwards became patriot leaders in the War of ...
... grievances ' , which refused to pay taxes , and broke up court sessions . Their armed bands were defeated in the Battle of the Alamance ' on 16 May 1771 by North Carolinians , who afterwards became patriot leaders in the War of ...
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... grievance both in Jefferson's ' Summary 1 See p . 86 for the abuses to which this system was liable . It worked particularly badly in Kentucky , where the surveys crossed each other in hopeless tangles , and litigation over titles ...
... grievance both in Jefferson's ' Summary 1 See p . 86 for the abuses to which this system was liable . It worked particularly badly in Kentucky , where the surveys crossed each other in hopeless tangles , and litigation over titles ...
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... grievances which they had never before felt , ' said Wedderburn . Chatham's com- ment was ' These worthy New Englanders ever feel as old Englanders ought to do ' .3 " 6 Over seventy - five towns replied in kind , and appointed their ...
... grievances which they had never before felt , ' said Wedderburn . Chatham's com- ment was ' These worthy New Englanders ever feel as old Englanders ought to do ' .3 " 6 Over seventy - five towns replied in kind , and appointed their ...
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... grievances.3 It was this Continental Congress which , beginning as an extra - legal consultative body , developed into the federal government of an independent republic . As the Coercive Acts raised , constitutionally , no question of ...
... grievances.3 It was this Continental Congress which , beginning as an extra - legal consultative body , developed into the federal government of an independent republic . As the Coercive Acts raised , constitutionally , no question of ...
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... issue pardons under the Prohi- bitory Act ( 16 Geo . III , c . 5 , s . 44 ) , and to use his good offices with Parliament for a redress of grievances . IV . The State and Federal Constitutions , 1776–88 . THE CRISIS , 1772-6 xxxvii.
... issue pardons under the Prohi- bitory Act ( 16 Geo . III , c . 5 , s . 44 ) , and to use his good offices with Parliament for a redress of grievances . IV . The State and Federal Constitutions , 1776–88 . THE CRISIS , 1772-6 xxxvii.
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