Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... ment of new vice - admiralty courts . New duties - the ' Town- ( shend duties ' - were levied on certain British manufactures , land on tea , when entering the colonies . The moneys thus raised in the colonies , instead of going to ...
... ment of new vice - admiralty courts . New duties - the ' Town- ( shend duties ' - were levied on certain British manufactures , land on tea , when entering the colonies . The moneys thus raised in the colonies , instead of going to ...
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... ment of any real effort to solve the Western problem , which at this point diverges from those of colonial relations and taxation . The Rockingham ministry let it lie , and the Chatham - Grafton ministry adopted no definite Western ...
... ment of any real effort to solve the Western problem , which at this point diverges from those of colonial relations and taxation . The Rockingham ministry let it lie , and the Chatham - Grafton ministry adopted no definite Western ...
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... ment in order to democratize Pennsylvania ( in which they succeeded - see pp . 162-76 ) , as well as to obtain freedom from transatlantic control . " 2 Another document that illustrated the internal conflict in the Colonies , but ...
... ment in order to democratize Pennsylvania ( in which they succeeded - see pp . 162-76 ) , as well as to obtain freedom from transatlantic control . " 2 Another document that illustrated the internal conflict in the Colonies , but ...
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... ment was ' These worthy New Englanders ever feel as old Englanders ought to do ' .3 " 6 Over seventy - five towns replied in kind , and appointed their committees of correspondence . Their network soon covered New England ; and , on ...
... ment was ' These worthy New Englanders ever feel as old Englanders ought to do ' .3 " 6 Over seventy - five towns replied in kind , and appointed their committees of correspondence . Their network soon covered New England ; and , on ...
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... ment been so difficult , and the times out of joint . To some extent the American Revolution was a social upheaval . It did not in any marked degree change the laws of property , but through the confiscation of loyalists ' xl INTRODUCTION.
... ment been so difficult , and the times out of joint . To some extent the American Revolution was a social upheaval . It did not in any marked degree change the laws of property , but through the confiscation of loyalists ' xl INTRODUCTION.
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