Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... reason why the new British policy of 1763 , illustrated in our documents , was doomed to failure , apart from the conditions of British politics ; and why the later efforts of the United States Government failed , in the long run , to ...
... reason why the new British policy of 1763 , illustrated in our documents , was doomed to failure , apart from the conditions of British politics ; and why the later efforts of the United States Government failed , in the long run , to ...
Page xxvi
... reasons for imperial withdrawal from the West , we must remember that the general colonial problem was becoming acute in 1768 , and engaged most of the time that the politicians could spare from place - hunting , fox- hunting , and ...
... reasons for imperial withdrawal from the West , we must remember that the general colonial problem was becoming acute in 1768 , and engaged most of the time that the politicians could spare from place - hunting , fox- hunting , and ...
Page xl
... reasons con- nected with the Western problem ) until 1781 , legalized the existing situation . Congress , as organized in 1774 , remained the sole organ of the Confederacy , and , in general , was granted only those powers which ...
... reasons con- nected with the Western problem ) until 1781 , legalized the existing situation . Congress , as organized in 1774 , remained the sole organ of the Confederacy , and , in general , was granted only those powers which ...
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... reason to be dissatisfied with the Confederation , introduced on the 29 May , the opening day of debate , the Randolph or Virginia Resolutions ( p . 235 ) , a plan for a new , and national government . For two weeks this plan was ...
... reason to be dissatisfied with the Confederation , introduced on the 29 May , the opening day of debate , the Randolph or Virginia Resolutions ( p . 235 ) , a plan for a new , and national government . For two weeks this plan was ...
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... reason- able cause of discontent , we do , with the advice of our Privy Council , strictly enjoin and require , that no private person do presume to make any purchase from the said Indians of any lands reserved to the said Indians ...
... reason- able cause of discontent , we do , with the advice of our Privy Council , strictly enjoin and require , that no private person do presume to make any purchase from the said Indians of any lands reserved to the said Indians ...
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