Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... Revenue Act of 17643 was the first important step in a new colonial policy . This law had a double purpose , to provide revenue , and to tighten the mercantile system by strengthening the Acts of Trade and Navigation . Since the ...
... Revenue Act of 17643 was the first important step in a new colonial policy . This law had a double purpose , to provide revenue , and to tighten the mercantile system by strengthening the Acts of Trade and Navigation . Since the ...
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... Revenue Act was its imposition of a lower but still onerous duty on such molasses.1 ' The Act of Navigation is a good Act , so are all that exclude foreign manufactures from the plantations , and every honest man will readily subscribe ...
... Revenue Act was its imposition of a lower but still onerous duty on such molasses.1 ' The Act of Navigation is a good Act , so are all that exclude foreign manufactures from the plantations , and every honest man will readily subscribe ...
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... Revenue Act , Parliament passed the Stamp Act.1 This law extended to the colonies , where social conditions made stamp duties particularly onerous , 2 a system long prevalent in England . Stamp duties , in sterling , were required on ...
... Revenue Act , Parliament passed the Stamp Act.1 This law extended to the colonies , where social conditions made stamp duties particularly onerous , 2 a system long prevalent in England . Stamp duties , in sterling , were required on ...
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... Revenue Act was forgotten ; the repeal of the Stamp Act seemed completely satisfactory . 나 A new period of agitation began in 1767 , with the passage of the Townshend Acts.3 Parliament returned to the policy tentatively begun in 1764 ...
... Revenue Act was forgotten ; the repeal of the Stamp Act seemed completely satisfactory . 나 A new period of agitation began in 1767 , with the passage of the Townshend Acts.3 Parliament returned to the policy tentatively begun in 1764 ...
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... Revenue , by Act of Parliament . Second edition . Annapolis , 1765 . IN the Constitution of England , the three principal forms of government , monarchy , aristocracy , and democracy , are blended together in certain proportions ; but ...
... Revenue , by Act of Parliament . Second edition . Annapolis , 1765 . IN the Constitution of England , the three principal forms of government , monarchy , aristocracy , and democracy , are blended together in certain proportions ; but ...
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