History of Massachusetts ...: From 1764, to July, 1775Richardson and Lord, 1822 |
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... alarm which were occa- sioned by passing the sugar act , early in 1764 , by which a high duty was levied on that article imported into the colonies , and provision made for the strict execution of the law ; and by the proposition for a ...
... alarm which were occa- sioned by passing the sugar act , early in 1764 , by which a high duty was levied on that article imported into the colonies , and provision made for the strict execution of the law ; and by the proposition for a ...
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... alarm- ing assumption of power . Nothing could be more contrary to the views and feelings of intelligent Americans , who had a just value for civil liberty . Nothing could be more repugnant , in the estimation of the patriots of that ...
... alarm- ing assumption of power . Nothing could be more contrary to the views and feelings of intelligent Americans , who had a just value for civil liberty . Nothing could be more repugnant , in the estimation of the patriots of that ...
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... alarm had been given , by recent intelligence of the intentions of Parliament to subject the colonies to an arbitrary tax , in addition to that which they saw fit to lay on themselves ; and a watchful spirit was abroad , to guard the ...
... alarm had been given , by recent intelligence of the intentions of Parliament to subject the colonies to an arbitrary tax , in addition to that which they saw fit to lay on themselves ; and a watchful spirit was abroad , to guard the ...
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... alarm which prevailed in Massachusetts , and the deep sense entertained of the value of ancient rights , which it was necessary to preserve , if they would continue a free people . And it must have had the effect to rouse the citizens ...
... alarm which prevailed in Massachusetts , and the deep sense entertained of the value of ancient rights , which it was necessary to preserve , if they would continue a free people . And it must have had the effect to rouse the citizens ...
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... alarm had been given by the town of Boston ; and the sen- timents expressed by the Assembly were almost uni- versally approved . * Much was published in the * The pamphlet attributed to Mr. Otis , stating the rights of the colo- nies in ...
... alarm had been given by the town of Boston ; and the sen- timents expressed by the Assembly were almost uni- versally approved . * Much was published in the * The pamphlet attributed to Mr. Otis , stating the rights of the colo- nies in ...
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Seite 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Seite 158 - The Americans have not acted in all things with prudence and temper ; they have been wronged ; they have been driven to madness, by injustice. Will you punish them for the madness you have occasioned ? Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side.
Seite 311 - ... and every of their children which shall happen to be born there, or on the seas in going thither, or returning from thence shall have and enjoy all liberties and immunities of free and natural subjects within any of the dominions of us, our heirs and successors, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever as if they and every of them were born within this our realm of England.
Seite 103 - The commons of America, represented in their several assemblies, have ever been in possession of the exercise of this, their constitutional right, of giving and granting their own money. They would have been slaves if they had not enjoyed it.
Seite 330 - America, and to deliberate and determine upon wise and proper measures, to be by them recommended to all the colonies, for the recovery and establishment of their just rights and liberties, civil and religious, and the restoration of union and harmony between Great Britain and the colonies, most ardently desired by all good men: Therefore, resolved, that the Hon.
Seite 136 - That it is an essential unalterable right in nature, ingrafted into the British constitution as a fundamental law, and ever held sacred and irrevocable by the subjects within the realm, that what a man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but which cannot be taken from him without his consent.
Seite 129 - The establishment of a Protestant Episcopate in America is also very zealously contended for : and it is very alarming to a people whose fathers, from the hardships they suffered under such an establishment, were obliged to fly their native country into a wilderness...
Seite 348 - Tuesday the sixth instant; trusting that the effect of the united efforts of North America in their behalf, will carry such conviction to the British nation of the unwise, unjust, and ruinous policy of the present administration, as quickly to introduce better men, and wiser measures.
Seite 19 - ... if our trade may be taxed, why not our lands ? Why not the produce of our lands and everything we possess or make use of ? This we apprehend annihilates our charter right to govern and tax ourselves. It strikes at our British privileges, which, as we have never forfeited them, we hold in common with our fellow subjects who are natives of Britain.
Seite 352 - Massachusetts Bay, to the execution of the late acts of parliament; and if the same shall be attempted to be carried into execution by force, in such case, all America ought to support them in their opposition.