The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: Including an Account of the Late War; and of the Thirteen Colonies, ... By William Gordon, D.D. In Four Volumes. ...author; and sold, 1788 |
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... purposes of showing the princi- ples on which states and empires have risen to power , and the errors by which they have fallen into decay , or been totally diffolved : and of pointing out the fatal effects of inteftine divifions and ...
... purposes of showing the princi- ples on which states and empires have risen to power , and the errors by which they have fallen into decay , or been totally diffolved : and of pointing out the fatal effects of inteftine divifions and ...
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... purpose of framing “ just and equal laws , ordinances , acts , conftitutions and offices , " to which they promised " all due fubmiffion and obedi- ence . " This contract was fubfcribed by forty - one per Nov. fons , on Saturday the ...
... purpose of framing “ just and equal laws , ordinances , acts , conftitutions and offices , " to which they promised " all due fubmiffion and obedi- ence . " This contract was fubfcribed by forty - one per Nov. fons , on Saturday the ...
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... ; and to fet up a new ftate , as fully to all intents and purposes , as though they were making their firft entrance into civil fociety . No Nov. 15 . No wonder then , efpecially confidering the 12 THE HISTORY OF THE.
... ; and to fet up a new ftate , as fully to all intents and purposes , as though they were making their firft entrance into civil fociety . No Nov. 15 . No wonder then , efpecially confidering the 12 THE HISTORY OF THE.
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... purpose of any to be found in his three kingdoms : he also refigned himself up to arbitrary councils . The lowering profpect thickened apace ; the Massa- chusetts Company therefore provided a safe retreat , in season . They applied ...
... purpose of any to be found in his three kingdoms : he also refigned himself up to arbitrary councils . The lowering profpect thickened apace ; the Massa- chusetts Company therefore provided a safe retreat , in season . They applied ...
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... Hutchinson in 1773 quote the above paffages in fuch a manner and to such a purpose , as expreffes their opinion of the truth of what Randolph declared . fuch Nov. 3 . fuch law , and a fubfequent order AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 41.
... Hutchinson in 1773 quote the above paffages in fuch a manner and to such a purpose , as expreffes their opinion of the truth of what Randolph declared . fuch Nov. 3 . fuch law , and a fubfequent order AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 41.
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Seite 116 - They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable ; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
Seite 116 - And now will these Americans, children planted by our care, nourished up by our indulgence until they are grown to a degree of strength and opulence, and protected by our arms, will they grudge to contribute their mite to relieve us from the heavy weight of that burden which we lie under ?" Colonel Barre arose, and, echoing Townshend's words, thus commented :
Seite 117 - However superior to me in general knowledge and experience the respectable body of this house may be, yet I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country.
Seite 17 - ... and safe government, both with respect to their spiritual and worldly property — that is, an uninterrupted liberty of conscience, and an inviolable possession of their civil rights and freedoms by a just and wise government — a mere wilderness would be no encouragement ; for it were a madness to leave a free, good, and improved country, to plant in a wilderness; and there adventure many thousands of pounds to give an absolute title to another person to tax us at will and pleasure.
Seite 126 - Resolved, that the taxation of the people by themselves, or by persons chosen by themselves to represent them, who can only know what taxes the people are able to bear, and the easiest mode of raising them, and are equally affected by such taxes themselves, is the distinguishing characteristic of British freedom, and without which the ancient constitution cannot subsist.
Seite 93 - The authority of all acts of parliament," they added, " which concern the colonies, and extend to them, is ever acknowledged in all the courts of law, and made the rule of all judicial proceedings in the province. There is not a member of the general court, and we know no inhabitant within the bounds of the government, that ever questioned this authority.
Seite 84 - An Act to encourage the Importation of Pig and Bar Iron from his Majestie's Colonies in America, and to prevent the Erection of any Mill or other Engine for slitting or rolling of Iron, or any plating Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or any Furnace for making Steel...
Seite 93 - Britain can the consumption of foreign superfluities) our whole wealth centers finally amongst the merchants and inhabitants of Britain, and if we make them richer, and enable them better to pay their taxes, it is nearly the same as being taxed ourselves, and equally beneficial to the crown.
Seite 116 - ... of this house, sent to spy out their liberties, to misrepresent their actions, and to prey upon them ; men whose behavior on many occasions has caused the blood of those SONS OF LIBERTY...
Seite 298 - By shutting up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither, and to our benefit ; but nature, in the formation of our harbour, forbids our becoming rivals in commerce with that convenient mart.