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... assemblies , than the king was constitu- tionally vested with , over the people and legislature in England . The colonization of North America began at a pe- riod when the dread of arbitrary government was the predominant passion of the ...
... assemblies , than the king was constitu- tionally vested with , over the people and legislature in England . The colonization of North America began at a pe- riod when the dread of arbitrary government was the predominant passion of the ...
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... assemblies they deliberate on municipal affairs ; such as the reparation of the highways ; the mainten- ance of the poor ; the choice of selectmen , collectors of taxes , and other officers ; but above all the election of the ...
... assemblies they deliberate on municipal affairs ; such as the reparation of the highways ; the mainten- ance of the poor ; the choice of selectmen , collectors of taxes , and other officers ; but above all the election of the ...
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... assemblies thought necessary ; especially after the re- volution in 1688. She reserved little for herself but the exclusive right to their trade , and that an union under the same sovereign . " Some arbitrary proceed- ings of governors ...
... assemblies thought necessary ; especially after the re- volution in 1688. She reserved little for herself but the exclusive right to their trade , and that an union under the same sovereign . " Some arbitrary proceed- ings of governors ...
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... privileges . They thought Great Britain was fully indemnified , for all her expen- es in defending the colonies , by a monopoly of their 2 f trade . They considered their provincial assemblies as standing in 12 HISTORY OF THE.
... privileges . They thought Great Britain was fully indemnified , for all her expen- es in defending the colonies , by a monopoly of their 2 f trade . They considered their provincial assemblies as standing in 12 HISTORY OF THE.
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... assemblies as standing in the same relation to them , as the parliament of Great Britain did to the inhabitants of that island . In all these points the opinions of the people coincid- ed with those of the first settlers . Many of the ...
... assemblies as standing in the same relation to them , as the parliament of Great Britain did to the inhabitants of that island . In all these points the opinions of the people coincid- ed with those of the first settlers . Many of the ...
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Page 147 - He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
Page 147 - He has excited Domestic Insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Page 64 - Countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such Acts of the British Parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole Empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of Taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent.
Page 64 - But from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interests of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such Acts of the British Parliament, as are bona fide restrained to the regulation of our external commerce...
Page 31 - God knows I do not at this time speak from motives of party heat, what I deliver are the genuine sentiments of my heart. However superior to me in general knowledge and experience the respectable body of this House may be, yet I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country.
Page 30 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take upon me to say, the most formidable of any people upon the face of...
Page 36 - My position is this — I repeat it — I will maintain it to my last hour, — taxation and representation are inseparable; — this position is founded on the laws of nature; it is more, it is itself an eternal law of nature; for whatever is a man's own, is absolutely his own; no man...
Page 82 - America, shall propose to make provision, according to the condition, circumstances, and situation of such province or colony, for contributing their proportion to the common defence (such proportion to be raised under the authority of the general court or general assembly of such province or colony, and disposable by Parliament), and shall engage to make provision also for the support of the civil government and the administration of justice...
Page 146 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 103 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.