Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... oppression did not produce the ferment in America . erica . On 22 March - 1765 , before colonial opinion had been fairly mobilized against the Revenue Act , Parliament passed the Stamp Act.1 This law extended to the colonies , where ...
... oppression did not produce the ferment in America . erica . On 22 March - 1765 , before colonial opinion had been fairly mobilized against the Revenue Act , Parliament passed the Stamp Act.1 This law extended to the colonies , where ...
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... oppressive , unequal , and unjust , the cause of many of our grievances , and an infringement of our natural privileges of freedom and equality ; wherefore we humbly pray that we may be no longer deprived of an equal number with the ...
... oppressive , unequal , and unjust , the cause of many of our grievances , and an infringement of our natural privileges of freedom and equality ; wherefore we humbly pray that we may be no longer deprived of an equal number with the ...
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... oppression , is that their oppression will fall also upon the electors and the representatives . The one can't be injured , and the other indemnified . Further , if the non - electors should not be taxed by the British Parliament , they ...
... oppression , is that their oppression will fall also upon the electors and the representatives . The one can't be injured , and the other indemnified . Further , if the non - electors should not be taxed by the British Parliament , they ...
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... oppressed in a thousand shapes , without any sympathy , or exciting any alarm in the former . Moreover , even Acts oppressive and injurious to the colonies in an extreme degree might become popular in England , from the promise or ...
... oppressed in a thousand shapes , without any sympathy , or exciting any alarm in the former . Moreover , even Acts oppressive and injurious to the colonies in an extreme degree might become popular in England , from the promise or ...
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... oppression gains the credit of equity , cruelty passes for moderation , and tyranny for justice , and the man who deserves reproach , is celebrated by adulation , and applauded by delusion for his wisdom and patriotic virtues . The ...
... oppression gains the credit of equity , cruelty passes for moderation , and tyranny for justice , and the man who deserves reproach , is celebrated by adulation , and applauded by delusion for his wisdom and patriotic virtues . The ...
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