Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... raising a revenue through customs duties . To this end the colonial customs service was completely reorganized by the ... raised in the colonies , instead of going to support the garrison , were to be used to create a colonial civil list ...
... raising a revenue through customs duties . To this end the colonial customs service was completely reorganized by the ... raised in the colonies , instead of going to support the garrison , were to be used to create a colonial civil list ...
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... raise an American fund from quit - rents on land . But it was becoming more and more difficult to collect quit- rents from the older colonies ; 2 Westerners would never have paid them . Moreover , the West had been a disappointment from ...
... raise an American fund from quit - rents on land . But it was becoming more and more difficult to collect quit- rents from the older colonies ; 2 Westerners would never have paid them . Moreover , the West had been a disappointment from ...
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... raised , constitutionally , no question of taxation , the distinctions of the Pennsylvania Farmer became obsolete . To meet this situation , the more advanced radicals created a theory of the British Empire which , boldly ignoring ...
... raised , constitutionally , no question of taxation , the distinctions of the Pennsylvania Farmer became obsolete . To meet this situation , the more advanced radicals created a theory of the British Empire which , boldly ignoring ...
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... raising men , building forts , and supporting the King's civil government here . Now I read of no governors and other ... raised for the King's service and the common cause . These are things very fitting and proper to be done by a ...
... raising men , building forts , and supporting the King's civil government here . Now I read of no governors and other ... raised for the King's service and the common cause . These are things very fitting and proper to be done by a ...
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... raising them , and must themselves be affected by every tax laid on the people , is the only security against a burthensome taxation , and the distinguishing characteristick of British freedom , without which the ancient constitution ...
... raising them , and must themselves be affected by every tax laid on the people , is the only security against a burthensome taxation , and the distinguishing characteristick of British freedom , without which the ancient constitution ...
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