History of the American Revolution: With a Preliminary View of the Character and Principles of the Colonists, and Their Controversies with Great BritainN. Hickman, 1834 - 372 páginas |
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... finally enlisted knowledge on the side to which it naturally belongs - that of Liberty . In the most propitious period for mankind , of this unequal strife which is not yet decided in the old world , the colonization of America produced ...
... finally enlisted knowledge on the side to which it naturally belongs - that of Liberty . In the most propitious period for mankind , of this unequal strife which is not yet decided in the old world , the colonization of America produced ...
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... finally aggravated to resistance and revolution by violent assaults . At the distance of three thousand miles from the pomp of courts , the seductive in- fluences of luxury , the ostentatious pretensions of fashion and wealth , the ...
... finally aggravated to resistance and revolution by violent assaults . At the distance of three thousand miles from the pomp of courts , the seductive in- fluences of luxury , the ostentatious pretensions of fashion and wealth , the ...
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... finally discomfited . The return of the government for these services and sufferings would have chilled the warmest affections . It had a strong effect , when subsequently mixed up with more direct aggressions , in alienating the ...
... finally discomfited . The return of the government for these services and sufferings would have chilled the warmest affections . It had a strong effect , when subsequently mixed up with more direct aggressions , in alienating the ...
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... finally to resist , by arms , together . From the war of 1756 to 1763 , therefore , date , in point of fact , the first movements of the Colonies towards a more intimate union . We have dated , from the same period , their first ...
... finally to resist , by arms , together . From the war of 1756 to 1763 , therefore , date , in point of fact , the first movements of the Colonies towards a more intimate union . We have dated , from the same period , their first ...
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... finally , after eighteen months of this hesitating policy , made the enactment , in the celebrated stamp act , in March , 1765 , reciting the preamble of the sugar act as authority . This policy shows , at once , the consciousness of Mr ...
... finally , after eighteen months of this hesitating policy , made the enactment , in the celebrated stamp act , in March , 1765 , reciting the preamble of the sugar act as authority . This policy shows , at once , the consciousness of Mr ...
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abandoned Admiral advance Ameri American army appointed arms Arnold arrived artillery attack battle Britain British army brought Burgoyne camp campaign captured Charleston Colonel colonies command Commander-in-chief commenced Commissioners common Congress Cornwallis Count D'Estaing court declaration defeat defence detachment determined direction duty effect encamped enemy England expedition Fayette force Fort Edward Fort Mifflin France Franklin French fleet garrison Governor Greene House hundred Independence Island Jersey king land legislature liberty Lord Lord John Cavendish Lord North Lord Rawdon measures ment miles military militia minister ministry nation negotiation North officers parliament party peace Philadelphia position prisoners province received reinforcements resolution retreat Rhode Island river sent ships Sir Henry Clinton South Carolina Spain spirit stamp act succor surrender taxes thousand tion took tories town treaty troops United vessels victory Virginia voted Washington whole wounded York