 | John Andrew Munroe - 2004 - 326 Seiten
...affirmations necessary for the support of any Government under the Crown of Great Britain and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority...under the authority of the people of the Colonies." McKean argued for this resolution in Congress. When it was passed, Rodney sent letters to his friends... | |
 | Larry D. Kramer - 2004 - 376 Seiten
...resolution recommending the establishment of new state governments. The preamble declared that it was "necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority...government, exerted under the authority of the people of the colonies."25 The initial reason for preparing written constitutions was thus to fill a gap created... | |
 | Merrill Jensen - 2004 - 754 Seiten
...a revolution in Pennsylvania. All governments deriving their authority from the Crown, said Adams, "should be totally suppressed, and all the powers...under the authority of the people of the colonies. . . ." 60 No member of Congress could mistake either the long-range or immediate purpose of the preamble.... | |
 | British Academy - 2004 - 1032 Seiten
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 | Alyn Brodsky - 2004 - 424 Seiten
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 | John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams - 2005 - 505 Seiten
...affirmations necessary for the support of any government under the crown of Great Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority...virtue, and good order, as well as for the defence of their lives, liberties, and properties against the hostile invasions and cruel depredations of their... | |
 | James Grant - 2005 - 572 Seiten
...to organize their own governments called on John Adams's full powers. "It is necessary," he wrote, "that the exercise of every kind of authority under...virtue and good order, as well as for the defence of their lives, liberties, and properties."58 And on June 7, when Richard Henry Lee introduced a three-part... | |
 | Daniel J. Hulsebosch - 2006 - 496 Seiten
...America in general." Continental Congress, Journals, 3:342. On 15 May Congress added a preamble that "every kind of authority under the said crown should...under the authority of the people of the colonies." Continental Congress, Journals, 3:357-58. See also Jay, John Jay, 1:266, 268-69. Only Connecticut and... | |
 | Walter Stahr - 2005 - 520 Seiten
...Congress published a resolution finding that it was necessary for the colonies to form new governments "for the preservation of internal peace, virtue and good order, as well as for the defense of their lives, liberties, and properties." John Adams believed that this was "the most important... | |
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Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said Crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the colonies... 
