Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... taken in at colonial customs houses , £ 83,000 was remitted to England , and £ 32,000 expended on colonial civil lists.2 This allocation had an important effect on the colonial governments ( p . 93 ) , especially in Massachusetts ...
... taken in at colonial customs houses , £ 83,000 was remitted to England , and £ 32,000 expended on colonial civil lists.2 This allocation had an important effect on the colonial governments ( p . 93 ) , especially in Massachusetts ...
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... taken to procure a repeal of the Acts , and a redress of other outstanding grievances.3 It was this Continental Congress which , beginning as an extra - legal consultative body , developed into the federal government of an independent ...
... taken to procure a repeal of the Acts , and a redress of other outstanding grievances.3 It was this Continental Congress which , beginning as an extra - legal consultative body , developed into the federal government of an independent ...
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... taken over from Crown and Parliament . During the first two years of the war , the Con- tinental Congress wielded considerable power without express authority . Constitutionally , it was little more than a supreme war council of ...
... taken over from Crown and Parliament . During the first two years of the war , the Con- tinental Congress wielded considerable power without express authority . Constitutionally , it was little more than a supreme war council of ...
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... taken into our royal consideration the extensive and valuable acquisitions in America secured to our Crown by the late definitive treaty of peace concluded at Paris the 10th day of February last ; and being desirous that all our loving ...
... taken into our royal consideration the extensive and valuable acquisitions in America secured to our Crown by the late definitive treaty of peace concluded at Paris the 10th day of February last ; and being desirous that all our loving ...
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... taken from them without their consent , they are so far enslaved . [ p . 32 ] I also lay it down as one of the first principles from whence I intend to deduce the civil rights of the British colonies 1 that all of them are subject to ...
... taken from them without their consent , they are so far enslaved . [ p . 32 ] I also lay it down as one of the first principles from whence I intend to deduce the civil rights of the British colonies 1 that all of them are subject to ...
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