History of the American Revolution: With a Preliminary View of the Character and Principles of the Colonists, and Their Controversies with Great BritainN. Hickman, 1843 - 372 páginas |
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... Opposition already existed to the revenue laws , as administered , and the custom - house officers , representing themselves to be obstructed in the per- formance of their duties , applied for writs of assistance , according to the ...
... Opposition already existed to the revenue laws , as administered , and the custom - house officers , representing themselves to be obstructed in the per- formance of their duties , applied for writs of assistance , according to the ...
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... opposition , was also carried . On the 16th of April , Lord Bute unexpectedly resigned , and was succeeded by Mr. George Grenville . No other change of importance , either in the cabinet or its mea- sures took place . Parliament ...
... opposition , was also carried . On the 16th of April , Lord Bute unexpectedly resigned , and was succeeded by Mr. George Grenville . No other change of importance , either in the cabinet or its mea- sures took place . Parliament ...
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... opposition to a great and powerful nation , whose navies covered the seas ; whose armies had just discomfited the combined forces of France and Spain in both hemispheres , and were formidable to all Europe . To tax America , was ...
... opposition to a great and powerful nation , whose navies covered the seas ; whose armies had just discomfited the combined forces of France and Spain in both hemispheres , and were formidable to all Europe . To tax America , was ...
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... opposition of the colony , and the bold denuncia- tion of Otis and others . During the recess of parliament , in 1763 , and the succeeding session , the Admiralty undertook to enforce the strict letter of the laws , and directed the com ...
... opposition of the colony , and the bold denuncia- tion of Otis and others . During the recess of parliament , in 1763 , and the succeeding session , the Admiralty undertook to enforce the strict letter of the laws , and directed the com ...
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... opposition , in all parts of the con- tinent , brought , by the arrogance or unskilfulness of the minister , to bear together against him . To those abstract principles of liberty , which were cherished with such fer- vency among them ...
... opposition , in all parts of the con- tinent , brought , by the arrogance or unskilfulness of the minister , to bear together against him . To those abstract principles of liberty , which were cherished with such fer- vency among them ...
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