The American Revolution, 1763-1783: Being the Chapters and Passages Relating to America from the Author's History of England in the Eighteenth Century |
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... arrival of some French ships off Newfoundland , the inhabitants of Massachusetts , who were largely employed in the fishery , petitioned the governor that a ship and sloop belonging to the province should be fitted out to protect their ...
... arrival of some French ships off Newfoundland , the inhabitants of Massachusetts , who were largely employed in the fishery , petitioned the governor that a ship and sloop belonging to the province should be fitted out to protect their ...
Page 51
... arrived from the Secretary of State who was officially entrusted with the administration of the colonies , addressed to the Governor of the Island of New England . ' America owed much to this ignorance and to this neglect ; and England ...
... arrived from the Secretary of State who was officially entrusted with the administration of the colonies , addressed to the Governor of the Island of New England . ' America owed much to this ignorance and to this neglect ; and England ...
Page 80
... arrived that the Stamp Act had been carried , the train was fully laid , and the indignation of the colonies rose at once into a flame . Virginia set the example by a series of resolutions which were termed ' the alarum bell to the ...
... arrived that the Stamp Act had been carried , the train was fully laid , and the indignation of the colonies rose at once into a flame . Virginia set the example by a series of resolutions which were termed ' the alarum bell to the ...
Page 83
... arrived , the bells were tolled as for the funeral of a nation . The flags were hung half - mast high . The shops were shut , and the Stamp Act was hawked about with the inscription , " The folly of England and the ruin of America ...
... arrived , the bells were tolled as for the funeral of a nation . The flags were hung half - mast high . The shops were shut , and the Stamp Act was hawked about with the inscription , " The folly of England and the ruin of America ...
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... arrived that New York had openly repudiated an Act of Parliament by refusing to furnish troops with the first necessaries of life ; and it produced an indignation in Parliament which Chatham himself appears fully to have shared ...
... arrived that New York had openly repudiated an Act of Parliament by refusing to furnish troops with the first necessaries of life ; and it produced an indignation in Parliament which Chatham himself appears fully to have shared ...
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Ameri American army American Diplomatic American Revolution André appears arms Arnold Assembly assistance Bancroft Benedict Arnold Boston Britain British Burke Canada capture Chatham colonies colonists command commercial Congress Cornwallis Correspondence Crown declared defence duty Empire enemy England English enlist favour fleet force France Franklin French minister George George III Government Governor Grenville Hist History honour House Hutchinson Ibid impossible independence Indians inhabitants Jersey John Adams King land legislative letter liberty Lord North loyalists Massachusetts measure ment military militia ministry mother country nation never obtain officers opinion opposition Parliament party patriotism peace Peace of Paris Pennsylvania Philadelphia political popular province raised refused repeal revenue Rhode Island Samuel Adams sent ships soldiers South Carolina Spain spirit Stamp Act taxation tion Tories town trade troops United Vergennes Virginia Washington Whigs whole wholly wrote York
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Page 468 - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 161 - But if, intemperately, unwisely, fatally, you sophisticate and poison the very source of government, by urging subtle deductions, and consequences odious to those you govern, from the unlimited and illimitable nature of supreme sovereignty, you will teach them by these means to call that sovereignty itself in question.
Page 433 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 76 - Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found. Liberty inheres in some sensible object ; and every nation has formed to itself some favorite point, which by way of eminence becomes the criterion of their, happiness.
Page 492 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Page 161 - Be content to bind America by laws of trade ; you have always done it. Let this be your reason for binding their trade. Do not burthen them by taxes; you were not used to do so from the beginning. Let this be your reason for not taxing. These are the arguments of states and kingdoms. Leave the rest to the schools ; for there only they may be discussed with safety.
Page 254 - Our situation is truly distressing. The check our detachment sustained on the 27th ultimo has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in order to repair our losses, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off — in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time.
Page 80 - That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
Page 3 - England will ere long repent of having removed the only check that could keep her colonies in awe. They stand no longer in need of her protection ; she will call on them to contribute towards supporting the burdens they have helped to bring on her ; and they will answer by striking off all dependence.
Page 320 - This brought forth the only commissary in the purchasing line in this camp ; and, with him, this melancholy and alarming truth, that he had not a single hoof of any kind to slaughter, and not more than twenty-five barrels of flour!