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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... resolution con- cerning the duties on stamps excited a great and general ferment in America . The right of parliament to impose taxes on the colonies , for the purpose of raising a revenue , became the subject of universal conversation ...
... resolution con- cerning the duties on stamps excited a great and general ferment in America . The right of parliament to impose taxes on the colonies , for the purpose of raising a revenue , became the subject of universal conversation ...
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... resolutions which had been introduced by mr . Henry , and seconded by mr . Johnson * were agreed to , one of which asserts the exclu- sive right of that assembly to lay taxes and impositions on the inhabitants of that colony , and that ...
... resolutions which had been introduced by mr . Henry , and seconded by mr . Johnson * were agreed to , one of which asserts the exclu- sive right of that assembly to lay taxes and impositions on the inhabitants of that colony , and that ...
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... resolution of parlia- ment , declaring that those persons who had suffered any injury or damage in consequence of their assisting to execute the late act , ought to be compensated by the colonies in which such injuries were sustained ...
... resolution of parlia- ment , declaring that those persons who had suffered any injury or damage in consequence of their assisting to execute the late act , ought to be compensated by the colonies in which such injuries were sustained ...
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... resolution which was made on a subsequent day , in a house consisting of February 4 . the same number of members , it was carried in the affirmative by a great majority ; and by an immediate subsequent resolve the first resolution was ...
... resolution which was made on a subsequent day , in a house consisting of February 4 . the same number of members , it was carried in the affirmative by a great majority ; and by an immediate subsequent resolve the first resolution was ...
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... resolutions were passed by surprise , and against the sense of the assembly , he declares it to be " the king's pleasure " that the governor " should require of the house of representatives , in his majesty's name , to rescind the ...
... resolutions were passed by surprise , and against the sense of the assembly , he declares it to be " the king's pleasure " that the governor " should require of the house of representatives , in his majesty's name , to rescind the ...
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