Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... imposing Taxes in the British Colonies . • Parliament , 1765 . 18 • by Act of . • 24 32 • 34 Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress , 19 October 1765 From Dickinson's Farmer's Letters , 1767-8 • ✓Indian Diplomacy . From the Proceedings ...
... imposing Taxes in the British Colonies . • Parliament , 1765 . 18 • by Act of . • 24 32 • 34 Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress , 19 October 1765 From Dickinson's Farmer's Letters , 1767-8 • ✓Indian Diplomacy . From the Proceedings ...
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... imposing a prohibitory duty on . molasses entering the English colonies from the foreign West Indies , had never been enforced ; and one of the principal objections to the Revenue Act was its imposition of a lower but still onerous duty ...
... imposing a prohibitory duty on . molasses entering the English colonies from the foreign West Indies , had never been enforced ; and one of the principal objections to the Revenue Act was its imposition of a lower but still onerous duty ...
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... impose or lay any tax or dutys whatsoever on the American colonys , without the consent of the inhabitants therof , should be looked upon as a traitor , and deemed an enemy to his country : there were some others to the same purpose ...
... impose or lay any tax or dutys whatsoever on the American colonys , without the consent of the inhabitants therof , should be looked upon as a traitor , and deemed an enemy to his country : there were some others to the same purpose ...
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... impose any taxation whatsoever upon them , other than the laws or ordinances of the General Assembly aforesaid . Resolved , That any person who shall , by speaking or writing , assert or maintain that any person or persons other than ...
... impose any taxation whatsoever upon them , other than the laws or ordinances of the General Assembly aforesaid . Resolved , That any person who shall , by speaking or writing , assert or maintain that any person or persons other than ...
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... imposed by the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain ; nor is there any charter that ever pretended to grant such a privilege to any colony in America ; and had they granted it , it could have had no force ; their charters being ...
... imposed by the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain ; nor is there any charter that ever pretended to grant such a privilege to any colony in America ; and had they granted it , it could have had no force ; their charters being ...
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