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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... voted him fifteen thousand men . In one day £ 20,000 sterling were subscribed by individuals in the town of Boston alone , to encourage enlistment . Minot estimates the cost of that campaign to the colonial treasury of Massachusetts ...
... voted him fifteen thousand men . In one day £ 20,000 sterling were subscribed by individuals in the town of Boston alone , to encourage enlistment . Minot estimates the cost of that campaign to the colonial treasury of Massachusetts ...
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... voted as indemnity . They bore , in fact , the burden of the conflict , by which an immense territory was won for Great Britain , and a formida- ble rival finally discomfited . The return of the government for these services and ...
... voted as indemnity . They bore , in fact , the burden of the conflict , by which an immense territory was won for Great Britain , and a formida- ble rival finally discomfited . The return of the government for these services and ...
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... voted that it is against the privilege of English subjects to have money raised without their own consent in assembly or parliament . " This tone never varied , down to the latest period of her colonial condition , in all circumstances ...
... voted that it is against the privilege of English subjects to have money raised without their own consent in assembly or parliament . " This tone never varied , down to the latest period of her colonial condition , in all circumstances ...
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... voted that each colony be entitled to one voice , in the determining of questions ; and Mr. Ruggles , of Massa- chusetts , was chosen to preside . On the 19th of October , the declaration of rights and griev ances was agreed to . It ...
... voted that each colony be entitled to one voice , in the determining of questions ; and Mr. Ruggles , of Massa- chusetts , was chosen to preside . On the 19th of October , the declaration of rights and griev ances was agreed to . It ...
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... voted her thanks to the king , the duke of Grafton , and Mr. Pitt - and the house of burgesses of Virginia , pass- ed a bill for erecting a statue to the king , and an obelisk to commemorate those who had been most active in behalf of ...
... voted her thanks to the king , the duke of Grafton , and Mr. Pitt - and the house of burgesses of Virginia , pass- ed a bill for erecting a statue to the king , and an obelisk to commemorate those who had been most active in behalf of ...
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