 | United States - 1855 - 532 pages
...were these : To prevent delay, in the event of the passage of Mr. Adams' resolution, " to adopt such government as would, in the opinion of the representatives...to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general." A Committee was chosen by ballot to prepare a Declaration of... | |
 | Paul Monroe - Education - 1911 - 784 pages
...that the states, where the existing governments were not sufficient, " adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular and America in general." All of the states except Connecticut and Rhode Island, which... | |
 | Richard C. Simmons - History - 1981 - 452 pages
...Congress finally resolve that the colonies might if they felt it necessary adopt governments that "shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people...to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular and of America in general . ' ' Five days later, after heated debates, it added a preamble... | |
 | Stephen L. Schechter - History - 1985 - 276 pages
...the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established[,] to adopt such Government as shall, in the opinion of the Representatives of the People,...to the Happiness and Safety of their Constituents in particular and America in general." Congress shortly after added a preamble that instructed the... | |
 | Thomas P. Slaughter - History - 1986 - 306 pages
...the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established . . . adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular and America in general." In the summer of 1776, inspired by self-interest, the Continental... | |
 | Constitutional law - 1990 - 540 pages
...exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established" they should "adopt such Government as shall, in the Opinion of the Representatives of the People,...to the Happiness and Safety of their Constituents in particular and America in general."5 During the ensuing decade after Independence, the cardinal... | |
 | Stephen L. Schechter - Business & Economics - 1990 - 478 pages
...to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such Government as shall in the opinion of the Representatives of the People...to the happiness and safety of their Constituents in particular, and America in general. Extract from the Minutes, CHARLES THOMSON, SECRETARY Philadelphia:... | |
 | Winton U. Solberg - History - 1990 - 548 pages
...the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general. VIRGINIA INSTRUCTS FOR INDEPENDENCE On May 15, 1776, the Virginia... | |
 | Colin Bonwick - History - 1991 - 354 pages
...the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular and America in general.' Such directions were all but equivalent to a declaration of... | |
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That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives... 
