...you mean by going into that fight?" "Young man, what we meant in going for those redcoats was this : we always had governed ourselves, and we always meant to. They didn't mean we should." 'Many shrewd observers (John Adams among others) believed that the Revolution was caused largely by...

...you mean by going into this fight?" "Young man, what we meant in going for those redcoats was this: we always had governed ourselves, and we always meant to. They didn't mean we should." In seeking to comprehend the genesis of this nation, therefore, we find the inevitable, the fundamental,...

...you mean by going into that fight?" "Young man, what we meant in going for those redcoats was this : we always had governed ourselves, and we always meant to. They didn't mean we should." And in growing up, America had grown away from England. If all of England had been picked up in the...

...veteran of the Revolution said: "It was not the stamp tax nor the tea tax; it was that we had always governed ourselves and we always meant to. They didn't mean we should." The Stamp Act was passed in May, 1765, and before the end of that month two things happened on the...

...you mean in going into the fight? A: Young man, what we meant in going for those red-coats, was this: we always had governed ourselves and we always meant to. They didn't mean we should.2 The dictates of rational or logical analysis would have us dismiss such ramblings as meaningless....

...found in the "Oxford History of American People": "What we meant in going for those redcoats was this: we always had governed ourselves, and we always meant to. They didn't mean we should." Thank you. Mr. REDDING. Thank you very much. [Applause.] Next. STATEMENT OF JOHN GARISHEY, MAINE Mr....

...The ninetyone-year-old man retorted, "Young man, what we meant in going for those redcoats was this: We always had governed ourselves, and we always meant to. They didn't mean we should." The image of a communalist people interested primarily in local control of their lives agrees with...

...did you mean in going to the fight?" "Young man, what we meant in going for those red-coats was this: we always had governed ourselves, and we always meant to. They didn't mean we should." — Mellen Chamberlain What tremendous news this is about [the assassination of] Lincoln! As they have...

...Massachusetts, in 1827. "Young man," Preston replied, "what we meant in going for those red-coats was this: we always had governed ourselves, and we always meant to. They didn't mean we should."22 The statement makes no sense except as a defense of local government. On the provincial...

...survive. In one account, Captain Preston answers, "We always had been free. . . ." In the other he says, "We always had governed ourselves and we always meant to. They didn't mean we should." It is possible that one of these answers led to another. In any case, the question remains. What did...