 | Charles S. Hyneman - 1994 - 332 Seiten
...government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives...of their constituents in particular, and America in general."8 America's Loyalists who aspired to put their opposition to independence on a foundation... | |
 | Jean Butenhoff Lee - 1994 - 428 Seiten
...Continental Congress recommended that the colonies provide for themselves "such government as shall . . . best conduce to the happiness and safety of their...constituents in particular, and America in general." The Maryland delegation, whose instructions did not encompass such a fateful step, withdrew from Congress... | |
 | Gordon S. Wood, Louise G. Wood - 1995 - 316 Seiten
...held that "the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies . . . [should] adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives...of their constituents in particular, and America in general."31 29. Adams. The American Enlightenment, ed. Koch, 252. 30. Robert E. Brown, Middle-Class... | |
 | St. George Tucker, William Blackstone - 2000 - 3301 Seiten
...exigencies of their affairs had been theretofore established, to adopt such " government, as should, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...to the happiness and safety of their constituents, m particular, " and America in general. Journals ot Congress, May 15, 1776." f Journal of the Convention.... | |
 | Charles Penrose Keith - 1997 - 650 Seiten
...the exigencies of their affairs had been previously established, to adopt such government as should in the opinion of the representatives of the people best conduce to their happiness and safety. This was the death-blow to Proprietary authority. A public meeting sent... | |
 | Richard N. Rosenfeld - 1998 - 1012 Seiten
...government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives...of their constituents in particular, and America in general.79'1 Sunday, May 12, 1776. Today, John Adams writes his friend Massachusetts political leader... | |
 | Benjamin Lewis Price - 1999 - 264 Seiten
...against the American people. The committee resolved that governments be established in the colonies "as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of...to the happiness and safety of their constituents, and America in general."7 By the spring of 1776 popular support for breaking ties with Great Britain... | |
 | Peter McNamara - 1999 - 278 Seiten
...that recommended to the various colonial assemblies that they construct new governments that would "best conduce to the happiness and Safety of their...Constituents in particular and America in General." Adams always thought this resolution "an Epocha, a decisive Event" in the American Revolution.55 And,... | |
 | Willi Paul Adams - 2001 - 406 Seiten
...government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established to adopt such Government as shall, in the Opinion of the Representatives...Constituents in particular and America in general." The preamble, added on May 15, dismissed all hope of reconciliation and declared that now it was "necessary... | |
 | Peter S. Onuf - 1983 - 308 Seiten
...government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives...constituents in particular, and America in generaL" 39. In a letter to Jay, President of Congress, August 5, 1779, in ChiKenden Papers, 470-72. 40. Ethan... | |
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That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives... 
