Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... 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 To oppose the Townshend Acts , a new ...
... 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 To oppose the Townshend Acts , a new ...
Page xviii
... hand at the Western problem . What Spain did to meet her new responsibilities is outside the scope of this book , though by no means outside the scope of the history of the United States , which later reaped the harvest of Spain's ...
... hand at the Western problem . What Spain did to meet her new responsibilities is outside the scope of this book , though by no means outside the scope of the history of the United States , which later reaped the harvest of Spain's ...
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... hand with his assembly.3 Yet prosperity was increasing , and most colonial leaders were In the Federal Convention of 1787 unsuccessful efforts were made by Gouverneur Morris and others to place restrictions on the ad- mission of western ...
... hand with his assembly.3 Yet prosperity was increasing , and most colonial leaders were In the Federal Convention of 1787 unsuccessful efforts were made by Gouverneur Morris and others to place restrictions on the ad- mission of western ...
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... hands of strangers who may as justly be suspected of partiallity to , as the frontier counties can be of prejudices against Indians ; and this , too , in favour of Indians only , against His Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects ...
... hands of strangers who may as justly be suspected of partiallity to , as the frontier counties can be of prejudices against Indians ; and this , too , in favour of Indians only , against His Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects ...
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... hands of an execu- tioner ? And should we not receive votes , speeches , resolu- tions , petitions , and ... hand , they have no such right , sure it is below the dignity as well as justice of the Legislature to intimidate the colonies ...
... hands of an execu- tioner ? And should we not receive votes , speeches , resolu- tions , petitions , and ... hand , they have no such right , sure it is below the dignity as well as justice of the Legislature to intimidate the colonies ...
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