Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... measure of self- government , as indeed the dominions have done in the last century . Then came an attempt to check this evolution ; to create new institutional bonds between the colonies and Great Britain , and to strengthen such as ...
... measure of self- government , as indeed the dominions have done in the last century . Then came an attempt to check this evolution ; to create new institutional bonds between the colonies and Great Britain , and to strengthen such as ...
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... . The text of the Albany Plan of Union may be found in William Macdonald , Select Charters , 253 . as a war measure , placed Indian political relations within b 2 THE WESTERN PROBLEM , 1763-88 xix The Western Problem, 1763–88.
... . The text of the Albany Plan of Union may be found in William Macdonald , Select Charters , 253 . as a war measure , placed Indian political relations within b 2 THE WESTERN PROBLEM , 1763-88 xix The Western Problem, 1763–88.
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Samuel Eliot Morison. as a war measure , placed Indian political relations within the competence of its commander - in - chief in America , General Braddock . That ill - starred soldier laid the foundations for an imperial western policy ...
Samuel Eliot Morison. as a war measure , placed Indian political relations within the competence of its commander - in - chief in America , General Braddock . That ill - starred soldier laid the foundations for an imperial western policy ...
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... measures with regard to us . ' Samuel Adams , however , ] believed the exact contrary . The people are paying the unrighteous tribute , ' he wrote in 1771,2 in hopes that the nation will at length revert to justice . But before that ...
... measures with regard to us . ' Samuel Adams , however , ] believed the exact contrary . The people are paying the unrighteous tribute , ' he wrote in 1771,2 in hopes that the nation will at length revert to justice . But before that ...
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... measures should be taken to procure a repeal of the Acts , and a redress of other outstanding grievances.3 It was this Continental Congress which , beginning as an extra - legal consultative body , developed into the federal government ...
... measures should be taken to procure a repeal of the Acts , and a redress of other outstanding grievances.3 It was this Continental Congress which , beginning as an extra - legal consultative body , developed into the federal government ...
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