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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... Britain should be in full pos- session of the power now contended for , could it be imagined that parliament would not rather vote away the money of the colonists , than of themselves and their own constituents ? " The measure was ...
... Britain should be in full pos- session of the power now contended for , could it be imagined that parliament would not rather vote away the money of the colonists , than of themselves and their own constituents ? " The measure was ...
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... tell your countrymen to get children as fast as they can ; " plainly alluding to their supposed present inability to resist the power of Britain . VOL . II . N CHAP . II . October . Congress assemble at At GEORGE WASHINGTON . 89.
... tell your countrymen to get children as fast as they can ; " plainly alluding to their supposed present inability to resist the power of Britain . VOL . II . N CHAP . II . October . Congress assemble at At GEORGE WASHINGTON . 89.
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... Britain ; among the most essential of which , are , the exclusive power to tax themselves , and the privilege of a trial by jury . The grievance most complained of was , the act granting certain stamp duties and other duties in the ...
... Britain ; among the most essential of which , are , the exclusive power to tax themselves , and the privilege of a trial by jury . The grievance most complained of was , the act granting certain stamp duties and other duties in the ...
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... Britain . To increase their quantity of wool , they determined to kill no lambs , and to use all the means in their power to multiply their flocks of sheep . As a security against , the use of stamps , proceedings in the courts of ...
... Britain . To increase their quantity of wool , they determined to kill no lambs , and to use all the means in their power to multiply their flocks of sheep . As a security against , the use of stamps , proceedings in the courts of ...
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... Britain to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever . The joy in America , on receiving intelligence of this event , was unbounded . The assertion of the abstract principle of right gave them but little concern , because they ...
... Britain to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever . The joy in America , on receiving intelligence of this event , was unbounded . The assertion of the abstract principle of right gave them but little concern , because they ...
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