The Complete Works, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Now First Collected and Arranged: with Memoirs of His Early Life, Written by Himself ; in Three Volumes, Volume 3J. Johnson, and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806 - 552 pages |
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... increase of peo- ple . And thus the quota of tax from each colony would naturally vary with its circumstances ; thereby prevent- ing all disputes and dissatisfactions about the just pro- portions due from each ; which might otherwise ...
... increase of peo- ple . And thus the quota of tax from each colony would naturally vary with its circumstances ; thereby prevent- ing all disputes and dissatisfactions about the just pro- portions due from each ; which might otherwise ...
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... increase of trade and people , breaking off the French communication between Canada and Louisiana , and speedy settlement of the intermediate lands . The power of settling new colonies is therefore thought a valuable part of the plan ...
... increase of trade and people , breaking off the French communication between Canada and Louisiana , and speedy settlement of the intermediate lands . The power of settling new colonies is therefore thought a valuable part of the plan ...
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... increase . That a power in governors , to march the inhabitants from one end of the British and French colonies to the other , being a country of at least one thousand five hundred miles long , without the approbation or the consent of ...
... increase . That a power in governors , to march the inhabitants from one end of the British and French colonies to the other , being a country of at least one thousand five hundred miles long , without the approbation or the consent of ...
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... increase the price of the produce of land and manufac- tures made of it ; and great part of this is paid by con- sumers in the colonies , who thereby pay a considerable part of the British taxes . 2. We are restrained in our trade with ...
... increase the price of the produce of land and manufac- tures made of it ; and great part of this is paid by con- sumers in the colonies , who thereby pay a considerable part of the British taxes . 2. We are restrained in our trade with ...
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... and settling new countries , extending the dominion , and increasing the commerce of the mother - nation , they have forfeited the the native rights of Britons ; which they think ought 36 PAPERS ON AMERICAN POLITICS .
... and settling new countries , extending the dominion , and increasing the commerce of the mother - nation , they have forfeited the the native rights of Britons ; which they think ought 36 PAPERS ON AMERICAN POLITICS .
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