A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volume 1F. Betts, 1822 |
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... . When our countrymen began to turn their eyes towards the ocean , or in other words , when they prepared to forsake the plough and to lean upon the anchor , they felt more severely than they 18 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... . When our countrymen began to turn their eyes towards the ocean , or in other words , when they prepared to forsake the plough and to lean upon the anchor , they felt more severely than they 18 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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... preparing in the ports of Brest and Rochefort , and destined for the gulf of St. Lawrence . About the same time Ge- neral Braddock was dispatched from Cork , with two regiments of regular troops , and ordered to take the war ; command ...
... preparing in the ports of Brest and Rochefort , and destined for the gulf of St. Lawrence . About the same time Ge- neral Braddock was dispatched from Cork , with two regiments of regular troops , and ordered to take the war ; command ...
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... preparing to invest them , and re- tired to the Isle aux Noix , at the opposite extremity of Lake Champlain . Niagara also capitulated to Gen- eral Johnson on the 25th of July , General Prideaux having been unfortunately killed in the ...
... preparing to invest them , and re- tired to the Isle aux Noix , at the opposite extremity of Lake Champlain . Niagara also capitulated to Gen- eral Johnson on the 25th of July , General Prideaux having been unfortunately killed in the ...
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... was evident from the sentiments con- tained in this pamphlet , that Governour Bernard had been employed as the mere tool of the Minister , and that a system of oppression was in preparation , which AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 55.
... was evident from the sentiments con- tained in this pamphlet , that Governour Bernard had been employed as the mere tool of the Minister , and that a system of oppression was in preparation , which AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 55.
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Paul Allen. that a system of oppression was in preparation , which portended a speedy and fatal blow to the liberties of the Colonies . It was contended , in this extraordinary production , that the universal political rule of confin ...
Paul Allen. that a system of oppression was in preparation , which portended a speedy and fatal blow to the liberties of the Colonies . It was contended , in this extraordinary production , that the universal political rule of confin ...
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Halaman 344 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Halaman 252 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Halaman 251 - MR. PRESIDENT: Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me, in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust.
Halaman 346 - We must therefore acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as .we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
Halaman 210 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy. "Resolved, 4. That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Halaman 211 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Halaman 275 - ... we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored. Necessity has not yet driven us into that desperate measure, or induced us to excite any other nation to war against them. We have not raised armies with ambitious designs of separating from Great Britain, and establishing independent states.
Halaman 70 - 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.
Halaman 83 - It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time, I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme, in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Halaman 274 - Honour, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.