Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... representative government , for future statehood , and for the extinction of slavery . It provided the United States with a colonial system , on the basis of equal rights between new and old communities . It was the most important ...
... representative government , for future statehood , and for the extinction of slavery . It provided the United States with a colonial system , on the basis of equal rights between new and old communities . It was the most important ...
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... New York Historical Society ) . Also printed in Minutes of the Provincial Council of Penn- sylvania ( often cited as Colonial Records of Pennsylvania ) , ix . 138–42 . from electing more than ten representatives , viz . , JAMES OTIS 9.
... New York Historical Society ) . Also printed in Minutes of the Provincial Council of Penn- sylvania ( often cited as Colonial Records of Pennsylvania ) , ix . 138–42 . from electing more than ten representatives , viz . , JAMES OTIS 9.
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Samuel Eliot Morison. from electing more than ten representatives , viz . , four for Lancaster , two for York , two for Cumberland , one for Berks , and one for Northampton ; while the three counties ( and city ) of Philadelphia ...
Samuel Eliot Morison. from electing more than ten representatives , viz . , four for Lancaster , two for York , two for Cumberland , one for Berks , and one for Northampton ; while the three counties ( and city ) of Philadelphia ...
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... representatives , openly loaded the Indians with presents , and that J. P. , a leader of the said Society , in defiance 1 The Society of Friends . of all government , not only abetted our Indian enemies FRONTIER GRIEVANCES , 1764 13.
... representatives , openly loaded the Indians with presents , and that J. P. , a leader of the said Society , in defiance 1 The Society of Friends . of all government , not only abetted our Indian enemies FRONTIER GRIEVANCES , 1764 13.
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... representatives ; Manchester , Birmingham , and many more of our richest and most flourishing trading towns send no members to Parliament , consequently cannot consent by their representatives , because they chuse none to represent them ...
... representatives ; Manchester , Birmingham , and many more of our richest and most flourishing trading towns send no members to Parliament , consequently cannot consent by their representatives , because they chuse none to represent them ...
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