Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... Lands and New States , 10 October 1780 . Ordinance of Congress on Public Lands , 20 May 1785 Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty , October 1785 The Background of Shays's Rebellion , 1786 : ( a ) Petition from the Town of Greenwich ...
... Lands and New States , 10 October 1780 . Ordinance of Congress on Public Lands , 20 May 1785 Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty , October 1785 The Background of Shays's Rebellion , 1786 : ( a ) Petition from the Town of Greenwich ...
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... 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 create a colonial civil list ( p . 51 ) , and thus render the royal governors and judges ...
... 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 create a colonial civil list ( p . 51 ) , and thus render the royal governors and judges ...
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... land problem . How should land acquired from the Indians be disposed of , and by what authority ? ( e ) The political problem . What degree of self - government should be allowed to the new settlements , and what should be their ...
... land problem . How should land acquired from the Indians be disposed of , and by what authority ? ( e ) The political problem . What degree of self - government should be allowed to the new settlements , and what should be their ...
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... land from the Indians . As the enforcement of this plan was expected to cost £ 20,000 annually , it was not formally ... lands open to white settlement . This was done by a series of ' talks ' or conferences between Indian chiefs , the ...
... land from the Indians . As the enforcement of this plan was expected to cost £ 20,000 annually , it was not formally ... lands open to white settlement . This was done by a series of ' talks ' or conferences between Indian chiefs , the ...
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... land , and in cheap labour.2 The backwoodsmen , mainly Irish protestants , could get no support or protection from the Assembly , even during Pontiac's rebellion . In December 1763 a gang known as the 1 C. H. Lincoln , Revolutionary ...
... land , and in cheap labour.2 The backwoodsmen , mainly Irish protestants , could get no support or protection from the Assembly , even during Pontiac's rebellion . In December 1763 a gang known as the 1 C. H. Lincoln , Revolutionary ...
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