Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... 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 social conditions made ...
... 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 social conditions made ...
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... produce a political crisis in England , and place Burke and Chatham in power . Independence sentiment gained ground very slowly . Between November 1775 and January 1776 , four of the middle colonies instructed their delegates to oppose ...
... produce a political crisis in England , and place Burke and Chatham in power . Independence sentiment gained ground very slowly . Between November 1775 and January 1776 , four of the middle colonies instructed their delegates to oppose ...
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... produce cyder , and shall willingly acquiesce under their determi- nation.1 Lastly , that no Englishman is or can be taxed without the consent of the majority of those who are elected by himself and others of his fellow subjects to ...
... produce cyder , and shall willingly acquiesce under their determi- nation.1 Lastly , that no Englishman is or can be taxed without the consent of the majority of those who are elected by himself and others of his fellow subjects to ...
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... produced into all its consequences , will eventually affect the mother - country ; yet these consequences being generally remote , are not at once forseen , they do not immediately alarm the fears and engage the passions of the English ...
... produced into all its consequences , will eventually affect the mother - country ; yet these consequences being generally remote , are not at once forseen , they do not immediately alarm the fears and engage the passions of the English ...
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... produce of the colonies in Great Britain . In the article of tobacco , for instance , the planter pays a tax upon that produce of his land and labour consumed in Great Britain , more than six times the clear sum received by him for it ...
... produce of the colonies in Great Britain . In the article of tobacco , for instance , the planter pays a tax upon that produce of his land and labour consumed in Great Britain , more than six times the clear sum received by him for it ...
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