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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... Representatives in giving up such a privilege ; for it would be of little consequence to the people , whether they were subject to George or Louis , the king of Great Britain or the French king , if both were arbitrary , as both would ...
... Representatives in giving up such a privilege ; for it would be of little consequence to the people , whether they were subject to George or Louis , the king of Great Britain or the French king , if both were arbitrary , as both would ...
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... representatives of the people in general assembly . " " " Connecticut , on numerous occasions , especially in her resolutions in 1754 , dissenting from the Albany plan of Union , contended for the exclusive power of levying her own ...
... representatives of the people in general assembly . " " " Connecticut , on numerous occasions , especially in her resolutions in 1754 , dissenting from the Albany plan of Union , contended for the exclusive power of levying her own ...
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... representatives ; and secondly , on their chartered rights which confirmed these privileges to them . A third , and in fact the most powerful defence of this right , and which was working in every man's mind , though few spoke it out ...
... representatives ; and secondly , on their chartered rights which confirmed these privileges to them . A third , and in fact the most powerful defence of this right , and which was working in every man's mind , though few spoke it out ...
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... Representatives responded to these move- ments of the people with a temper of equal promptness and decision . They drew up a strong set of instructions to their agent in London , who had offended them by not opposing these acts , for ...
... Representatives responded to these move- ments of the people with a temper of equal promptness and decision . They drew up a strong set of instructions to their agent in London , who had offended them by not opposing these acts , for ...
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... representatives , " and that the imposition of duties or taxes by the parliament of Great Britain , upon a people not represented in the House of Commons , is abso- lutely irreconcilable with their rights . " A committee was appointed ...
... representatives , " and that the imposition of duties or taxes by the parliament of Great Britain , upon a people not represented in the House of Commons , is abso- lutely irreconcilable with their rights . " A committee was appointed ...
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