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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... persons , at £ 60,000 more . In one year Massachusetts had in the field 7,000 troops , " a greater levy , " says Minot , " for a single province , than the three kingdoms had made , collectively , since the revolution , " seventy years ...
... persons , at £ 60,000 more . In one year Massachusetts had in the field 7,000 troops , " a greater levy , " says Minot , " for a single province , than the three kingdoms had made , collectively , since the revolution , " seventy years ...
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... person , they reproved , in firm language , the new doctrines of taxation , which had been introduced into the administration , and insisted upon their natural and char tered claim to be protected in their " ancient and inestimable ...
... person , they reproved , in firm language , the new doctrines of taxation , which had been introduced into the administration , and insisted upon their natural and char tered claim to be protected in their " ancient and inestimable ...
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... persons to rule them in one department and in another , who were , perhaps , the deputies of deputies to some members of this House , sent to spy out their liberties , to misrepresent their actions , and to prey upon them . - Men whose ...
... persons to rule them in one department and in another , who were , perhaps , the deputies of deputies to some members of this House , sent to spy out their liberties , to misrepresent their actions , and to prey upon them . - Men whose ...
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... person or persons whatso- ever , other than the general assembly aforesaid , has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom . " Two other resolutions were offered by Mr. Henry , and re- jected as of too audacious ...
... person or persons whatso- ever , other than the general assembly aforesaid , has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom . " Two other resolutions were offered by Mr. Henry , and re- jected as of too audacious ...
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... persons and houses of the adherents to the act , molested ; social relations with them , were in many places suspended totally , or in part ; and in all directions every measure was taken to keep up and aggravate the popular discontent ...
... persons and houses of the adherents to the act , molested ; social relations with them , were in many places suspended totally , or in part ; and in all directions every measure was taken to keep up and aggravate the popular discontent ...
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