Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence: The Declaration Historically Considered: and a Sketch of the Leading Events Connected with the Adoption of the Articles of Confederation and of the Federal ConstitutionG. G. Evans, 1860 - 384 strani |
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... colonists felt the injus tice of many laws , but their want of representation in the National Legislature , and their inherent political weak ness , obliged them to submit . But when the wars with the French and Indians called forth ...
... colonists felt the injus tice of many laws , but their want of representation in the National Legislature , and their inherent political weak ness , obliged them to submit . But when the wars with the French and Indians called forth ...
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... colonists that even common justice would be denied them by the Home Government , if its claims inter- fered with the avaricious demands of an exhausted trea- sury . They saw plainly that the King and Parliament were resolved to turn a ...
... colonists that even common justice would be denied them by the Home Government , if its claims inter- fered with the avaricious demands of an exhausted trea- sury . They saw plainly that the King and Parliament were resolved to turn a ...
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... colonists , and soon , like many others , be- came obnoxious to the governor . His popularity among the people was a cause of jealousy and alarm on the part of the chief magistrate . When the provincial government of New Hampshire was ...
... colonists , and soon , like many others , be- came obnoxious to the governor . His popularity among the people was a cause of jealousy and alarm on the part of the chief magistrate . When the provincial government of New Hampshire was ...
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... Colonists ; and in some instructions which he drew up for the guidance of the Boston members of the General Assembly , in that year , he denied the right of Parliament to tax the Colonies without their consent . -denied the supremacy of ...
... Colonists ; and in some instructions which he drew up for the guidance of the Boston members of the General Assembly , in that year , he denied the right of Parliament to tax the Colonies without their consent . -denied the supremacy of ...
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... colonists as inferior men , and de- serving of but little of their sympathy . He abandoned the study of theology , and entered into mercantile pursuits in Lebanon . At the age of twenty- five he was chosen town clerk , which office he ...
... colonists as inferior men , and de- serving of but little of their sympathy . He abandoned the study of theology , and entered into mercantile pursuits in Lebanon . At the age of twenty- five he was chosen town clerk , which office he ...
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