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... tion , and which ultimately issued in the Revolution , was ear- liest developed , and earliest tested . Indeed , for more than a century before the passage of the Stamp Act , the rapa- cious exactions of royal Governors presented ...
... tion , and which ultimately issued in the Revolution , was ear- liest developed , and earliest tested . Indeed , for more than a century before the passage of the Stamp Act , the rapa- cious exactions of royal Governors presented ...
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... tion , on the issue of which , depended the liberty or the sla- very of America . Truly did the profound Locke say , that " Men can never be secure from tyranny , if there be no means to escape it , till they are perfectly under it ...
... tion , on the issue of which , depended the liberty or the sla- very of America . Truly did the profound Locke say , that " Men can never be secure from tyranny , if there be no means to escape it , till they are perfectly under it ...
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... tion of its circulating medium were urged , with much zeal and cogency . Within the previous seven years the Pro- vince had doubled its inhabitants . From forty - four vessels loaded in 1760 , there were 173 cleared in 1766. Property ...
... tion of its circulating medium were urged , with much zeal and cogency . Within the previous seven years the Pro- vince had doubled its inhabitants . From forty - four vessels loaded in 1760 , there were 173 cleared in 1766. Property ...
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... tion of his country's wrongs , saying to the distressed colo- nist , even in the midst of a popularity , such as no American had ever before possessed , thy people shall be my people , and thy cause my cause . Such was Georgia's Agent ...
... tion of his country's wrongs , saying to the distressed colo- nist , even in the midst of a popularity , such as no American had ever before possessed , thy people shall be my people , and thy cause my cause . Such was Georgia's Agent ...
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... tion's wrath from this monarch , upon his officials ; but it is nevertheless true , that the severe measures pursued towards America , originated oftener with the King than with the Pre- mier , and that the very effort to accomplish his ...
... tion's wrath from this monarch , upon his officials ; but it is nevertheless true , that the severe measures pursued towards America , originated oftener with the King than with the Pre- mier , and that the very effort to accomplish his ...
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