Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... received scant notice in the books that undergraduates are likely to read . Of such books the following are recommended : Carl Becker's The Beginnings of the American People ( Boston : Houghton , Mifflin , 1915 ) is a sound and ...
... received scant notice in the books that undergraduates are likely to read . Of such books the following are recommended : Carl Becker's The Beginnings of the American People ( Boston : Houghton , Mifflin , 1915 ) is a sound and ...
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... received it , that it has been so from the beginning , in this and the sister provinces , thro ' the continent . [ p . 39 ] The power of Parliament is uncontroulable , but by themselves , and we must obey . They only can repeal their ...
... received it , that it has been so from the beginning , in this and the sister provinces , thro ' the continent . [ p . 39 ] The power of Parliament is uncontroulable , but by themselves , and we must obey . They only can repeal their ...
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... received the assent of a majority of the House , which we are persuaded could not have been the case had our frontier counties been equally represented in Assembly . However , we hope that the Legislature of this Province will never ...
... received the assent of a majority of the House , which we are persuaded could not have been the case had our frontier counties been equally represented in Assembly . However , we hope that the Legislature of this Province will never ...
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... received from them a belt of wampum , as if he had been our Governor or authorized by the King to treat with his enemies . By this means the Indians have been taught to despise us as a weak and disunited people , and from this fatal ...
... received from them a belt of wampum , as if he had been our Governor or authorized by the King to treat with his enemies . By this means the Indians have been taught to despise us as a weak and disunited people , and from this fatal ...
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... receive votes , speeches , resolu- tions , petitions , and remonstrances in abundance , instead of taxes ? In short , we either have a right to tax the colonies , or we have not If Parliament is possessed of this right , why should it ...
... receive votes , speeches , resolu- tions , petitions , and remonstrances in abundance , instead of taxes ? In short , we either have a right to tax the colonies , or we have not If Parliament is possessed of this right , why should it ...
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