The American Revolution, 1763-1783: Being the Chapters and Passages Relating to America from the Author's History of England in the Eighteenth Century |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 81
Page 4
... never great , and by a slight modification of territory and the erection of a few forts it might be reduced to insignificance . England , in America was both a far greater continental and a far greater naval Power than France , and she ...
... never great , and by a slight modification of territory and the erection of a few forts it might be reduced to insignificance . England , in America was both a far greater continental and a far greater naval Power than France , and she ...
Page 5
... never been able to effect such a union among themselves , nor even to gree in requesting the mother · • If country to establish it for them . Nothing but the immediate com- mand of the Crown has been able to produce even the imperfect ...
... never been able to effect such a union among themselves , nor even to gree in requesting the mother · • If country to establish it for them . Nothing but the immediate com- mand of the Crown has been able to produce even the imperfect ...
Page 7
... never attained the steadi- ness and discipline of English veterans ; but they had co - operated honourably in the conquest of Canada , and ' Burnaby's Travels in North America . Pinkerton's Voyages , xiii . 725 , 728 , 749. Gerard ...
... never attained the steadi- ness and discipline of English veterans ; but they had co - operated honourably in the conquest of Canada , and ' Burnaby's Travels in North America . Pinkerton's Voyages , xiii . 725 , 728 , 749. Gerard ...
Page 15
... Never was such a rage for the study of law . From one end of the continent to the other the stu- dents of this science are multi- plying without number . An in- fallible proof that the business is lucrative .'- Webster's Essays , p ...
... Never was such a rage for the study of law . From one end of the continent to the other the stu- dents of this science are multi- plying without number . An in- fallible proof that the business is lucrative .'- Webster's Essays , p ...
Page 26
... never flourish where slavery exists , and there was an idle , dissipated , indebted , and impoverished popula- tion , descended in a great degree from younger sons of planters , who looked with contempt on manual labour , and who were ...
... never flourish where slavery exists , and there was an idle , dissipated , indebted , and impoverished popula- tion , descended in a great degree from younger sons of planters , who looked with contempt on manual labour , and who were ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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!