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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... once stood attested the gratitude of America to the minister to whom she 1 Chapter XI . Lecky's History of England in the Eighteenth Century . owed so much . Massachusetts , the foremost of the CHAPTER I AMERICA, 1763-1776 Effects of ...
... once stood attested the gratitude of America to the minister to whom she 1 Chapter XI . Lecky's History of England in the Eighteenth Century . owed so much . Massachusetts , the foremost of the CHAPTER I AMERICA, 1763-1776 Effects of ...
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... Phila- delphia , and Rhode Island . 5 Tyler , ii . 305 , 306 . • Miller , iii . 191 , 192 , 194 . 7 See Sabine's American Loyalists , p . 35 . • Miller's Retrospect , iii . 230 . 6 that he once saw a copy of instructions given.
... Phila- delphia , and Rhode Island . 5 Tyler , ii . 305 , 306 . • Miller , iii . 191 , 192 , 194 . 7 See Sabine's American Loyalists , p . 35 . • Miller's Retrospect , iii . 230 . 6 that he once saw a copy of instructions given.
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... once saw a copy of instructions given to a re- presentative of Maryland by his constituents , and he found that out of more than a hundred names that were subscribed , three - fifths were marked by a cross be- cause the men could not ...
... once saw a copy of instructions given to a re- presentative of Maryland by his constituents , and he found that out of more than a hundred names that were subscribed , three - fifths were marked by a cross be- cause the men could not ...
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... once to 1 Grenville Papers , ii . 114 . Bancroft , ii . 178. See , too , Massachusettensis , Letter iii . Ac- cording to Sabine , Nine - tenths probably of all the tea , wine and fruit , sugar and molasses , con- sumed in the colonies ...
... once to 1 Grenville Papers , ii . 114 . Bancroft , ii . 178. See , too , Massachusettensis , Letter iii . Ac- cording to Sabine , Nine - tenths probably of all the tea , wine and fruit , sugar and molasses , con- sumed in the colonies ...
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... Grenville had carried it at once without leaving a year for discussion . See Quar terly Review , No. cxxxv . p . 37 . See Grahame , iv . 188 . CH IX . THE STAMP ACT . 73 presented the 72 ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . C. II .
... Grenville had carried it at once without leaving a year for discussion . See Quar terly Review , No. cxxxv . p . 37 . See Grahame , iv . 188 . CH IX . THE STAMP ACT . 73 presented the 72 ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . C. II .
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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!