 They were committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult on measures of conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement for the suspension of importations from Great Britain. They formed no confederacy ; they...  Johnson's (revised) Universal Cyclopaedia - Page 1811886Full view - About this book
 | LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY - 1858 - 448 pages
...Robert R. Livingston, of New York. Whom did they represent ? and what were their functions ? They were committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult...conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement for the suspension of importations from Great Britain. They formed no... | |
 | GEORGE BANOROIT - 1858 - 450 pages
...Robert K. Livingston, of 'New York. Whom did they represent ? and what were their functions ? They were committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult...conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement for the suspension of importations from Great Britain. They formed no... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1858 - 454 pages
...Robert R. Livingston, of New York. Whom did they represent ? and what were their functions ? They were committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult...conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement for the suspension of importations from Great Britain. They formed no... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1867 - 624 pages
...represent ? " asks the eminent historian of the United States, " and what were their functions ? They were committees from twelve Colonies, deputed to consult...conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement for the suspension of importations from Great Britain. They formed no... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 484 pages
...confederacy ; they were not an executive government ; they were not even a legislative body ; but only committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult...conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement to suspend importations from Great Britain. They owed the hall for their... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 484 pages
...confederacy ; they were not an executive government ; they were not even a legislative body ; but only committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult...conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement to suspend importations from Great Britain. They owed the hall for their... | |
 | New England - 1892 - 848 pages
...confederacy ; they were not an executive government; they were not even a legislative body; but only committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult...conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement to suspend importations from Great Britain. They owed the hall for their... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1886 - 486 pages
...confederacy ; they wore not an executive government; they were not even a legislative body; but only committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult...conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement to suspend importations from Great Britain. They owed the hall for their... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1896 - 486 pages
...confederacy ; they were not an executive government ; they were not even a legislative body ; but only committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult...conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement to suspend importations from Great Britain. They owed the hall for their... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1900 - 720 pages
...1775. occurred the bat tie of Lexington, an unforeseen collision between the royal troops marching to seize military stores at Concord and the militia...conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement for the suspension of importations from Great Britain. They formed no... | |
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