A History of the American RevolutionStimson and Clapp, 1832 - 202 σελίδες |
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... course of trade , though not repugnant to the spirit of the navigation laws , was contrary to their letter . Of this the British ministry took advantage ; and by the activity of their revenue cutters , they put a stop to the traffic in ...
... course of trade , though not repugnant to the spirit of the navigation laws , was contrary to their letter . Of this the British ministry took advantage ; and by the activity of their revenue cutters , they put a stop to the traffic in ...
Σελίδα 14
... course , very popular throughout the British nation ; and so little was the right of parliament to impose such taxation at first questioned in Britain , that on the 10th of March , 1764 , a resolution to the following effect passed the ...
... course , very popular throughout the British nation ; and so little was the right of parliament to impose such taxation at first questioned in Britain , that on the 10th of March , 1764 , a resolution to the following effect passed the ...
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... course of the day , various processions and public exhibitions were made , all indicative of the abhorrence in which the detested statute was univer- sally held . By common consent , the act was utterly disregarded , and not a stamp was ...
... course of the day , various processions and public exhibitions were made , all indicative of the abhorrence in which the detested statute was univer- sally held . By common consent , the act was utterly disregarded , and not a stamp was ...
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... course of a few days the same cause was maintained by Dr. Franklin , on the plain and unadorned , but con- vincing principles of common sense . In the month of February , that celebrated philosopher was examined at the bar of the House ...
... course of a few days the same cause was maintained by Dr. Franklin , on the plain and unadorned , but con- vincing principles of common sense . In the month of February , that celebrated philosopher was examined at the bar of the House ...
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... course ; it will not bend to the uncertain wishes , imaginations , and wanton tempers of men . To use the words of a great and worthy man , a patriot and a hero , an enlightened friend to mankind , and a martyr to liberty - I mean ...
... course ; it will not bend to the uncertain wishes , imaginations , and wanton tempers of men . To use the words of a great and worthy man , a patriot and a hero , an enlightened friend to mankind , and a martyr to liberty - I mean ...
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