Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... Liberty , October 1785 The Background of Shays's Rebellion , 1786 : ( a ) Petition from the Town of Greenwich , Mass . . ( b ) Petition of a County Convention . Letters on the Internal Situation , 1786-7 : Kette ( a ) John Jay to ...
... Liberty , October 1785 The Background of Shays's Rebellion , 1786 : ( a ) Petition from the Town of Greenwich , Mass . . ( b ) Petition of a County Convention . Letters on the Internal Situation , 1786-7 : Kette ( a ) John Jay to ...
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... liberty than mere taxing ; and thus rallied twelve continental colonies to Massachusetts . On the invitation of the Virginia House of Burgesses , twelve colonies or rather , twelve committees of correspondence- sent delegates to ...
... liberty than mere taxing ; and thus rallied twelve continental colonies to Massachusetts . On the invitation of the Virginia House of Burgesses , twelve colonies or rather , twelve committees of correspondence- sent delegates to ...
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... liberty , drafted both the Bill of Rights and the greater part of the Frame of Government . The latter was a compromise between the radical westerners , who favoured the wild constitutional notions of Paine's ' Common Sense ' , and the ...
... liberty , drafted both the Bill of Rights and the greater part of the Frame of Government . The latter was a compromise between the radical westerners , who favoured the wild constitutional notions of Paine's ' Common Sense ' , and the ...
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... liberty . The franchise was more restricted than under the colonial government , though not so much as in Virginia ; the governor was elected by the voters and given an appointive power and a suspensive veto ; the senate frankly ...
... liberty . The franchise was more restricted than under the colonial government , though not so much as in Virginia ; the governor was elected by the voters and given an appointive power and a suspensive veto ; the senate frankly ...
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... liberty of independant states ; this is the liberty of every man out of society , and who has a mind to live so ; which liberty is only abridged in certain instances , not lost to those who are born in or voluntarily enter into society ...
... liberty of independant states ; this is the liberty of every man out of society , and who has a mind to live so ; which liberty is only abridged in certain instances , not lost to those who are born in or voluntarily enter into society ...
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