The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Band 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... passed without much debate , importing that it would be proper to impose certain stamp duties in the colonies and plantations , for the purpose of raising a revenue in America , payable into the British exchequer . This resolution was ...
... passed without much debate , importing that it would be proper to impose certain stamp duties in the colonies and plantations , for the purpose of raising a revenue in America , payable into the British exchequer . This resolution was ...
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... passed both houses by very great majorities , but not without animated debate . So little weight does the human mind allow to arguments the most conclusive , when directed against the existence of power in ourselves , that general ...
... passed both houses by very great majorities , but not without animated debate . So little weight does the human mind allow to arguments the most conclusive , when directed against the existence of power in ourselves , that general ...
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... passed resolutions similar to those of Virginia , and the house of representatives of Massachus- setts , contemplating a still more solemn and * See Note , No. IV . at the end of the volume . effectual expression of the general ...
... passed resolutions similar to those of Virginia , and the house of representatives of Massachus- setts , contemplating a still more solemn and * See Note , No. IV . at the end of the volume . effectual expression of the general ...
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... passed the house of burgesses for erecting a statue to his majesty , as an acknowledgment of their high sense of his attention to the rights and petitions of his people . With the repealing and declaratory acts , came a circular letter ...
... passed the house of burgesses for erecting a statue to his majesty , as an acknowledgment of their high sense of his attention to the rights and petitions of his people . With the repealing and declaratory acts , came a circular letter ...
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... passed ; but it was rejected by the king , because the colonial assembly had December . no power under their charter to pass an act of general pardon but at the instance of the crown . In New York , where general Gage was expected with ...
... passed ; but it was rejected by the king , because the colonial assembly had December . no power under their charter to pass an act of general pardon but at the instance of the crown . In New York , where general Gage was expected with ...
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