Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... law had a double purpose , to provide revenue , and to tighten the mercantile system by strengthening the Acts of Trade and Navigation . Since the seventeenth century the colonists had not objected to the ... laws had xii INTRODUCTION.
... law had a double purpose , to provide revenue , and to tighten the mercantile system by strengthening the Acts of Trade and Navigation . Since the seventeenth century the colonists had not objected to the ... laws had xii INTRODUCTION.
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Samuel Eliot Morison. of , or systematically evaded . The older laws had , however , left certain loopholes for free ... law of nature ' theory - the law above Parliament - which provided both a justification for the American Revolution ...
Samuel Eliot Morison. of , or systematically evaded . The older laws had , however , left certain loopholes for free ... law of nature ' theory - the law above Parliament - which provided both a justification for the American Revolution ...
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... laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever ' . This was barely noticed in the colonies , and the Revenue Act was forgotten ; the repeal of the Stamp Act seemed completely satisfactory ...
... laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever ' . This was barely noticed in the colonies , and the Revenue Act was forgotten ; the repeal of the Stamp Act seemed completely satisfactory ...
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... laws . It suggested that only the Crown - not the colonial authorities - be permitted to acquire land from the Indians . As the enforcement of this plan was expected to cost £ 20,000 annually , it was not formally adopted . The failure ...
... laws . It suggested that only the Crown - not the colonial authorities - be permitted to acquire land from the Indians . As the enforcement of this plan was expected to cost £ 20,000 annually , it was not formally adopted . The failure ...
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... laws . Cf. ' Struggle over adoption of the Constitution of Mass . ' in Proceedings Mass . Hist . Society , 1. 353 . vention delegated to John Adams the actual drafting of the STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS , 1776-88 xxxix.
... laws . Cf. ' Struggle over adoption of the Constitution of Mass . ' in Proceedings Mass . Hist . Society , 1. 353 . vention delegated to John Adams the actual drafting of the STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS , 1776-88 xxxix.
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