...convention« of the United Colonies, where no Government sufficient to the exitrencics of their affaire hath been hitherto established, to adopt such Government as shall, in the opinion of tho representatives of the people, best conduce to tho happiness and safety of their constituents ¡a...

...the respective Assemblies and Conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient for the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such form of government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the...

...established governments suited to the exigencies of their affairs, to adopt such government, as would, in the opinion of the representatives •of the people,...constituents in particular, and America in general. This significant vote was soon followed by the direct proposition, which Richard Henry Lee had the...

...virtual leclaration of independence, recommending to the colonies "to adopt such a government as woidd, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...to the happiness and safety of their constituents and of America." This passed, after a hard struggle, on the 15th of the same month, and was the prelude...

...proposition was adopted on the tenth, was a recommendation to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs had been yet established, to adopt such government as might, in their opinion, best conduce to the...

...been established, to adopt such systems as, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, would best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and British America in general. The difficulties in forming state governments or constitutions were much...

...Committee of the whole Congress, a Resolution recommending to respective Assemblies and Conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs had before been established, to adopt such government as should, in the opinions of the representatives...

...Committee of the whole Congress, a Resolution recommending to respective Assemblies and Conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs bad before been established, to adopt such government as should, in the opinions of the representatives...

...colonies, where no sufficient govern•ment had been established, " to adopt such government as should, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...constituents in particular, and America in general." In the preamble ,to this resolution, Congress declared it to be " irreconcilable to reason and good...

...recommended to the Assemblies and Conventions of the colonies, "to adopt such governments as should, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...constituents in particular, and America in general." In the preamble to this resolution, (adopted five days later,) it was declared, that "it was irrcconcileablc...