Six Characters in Search of a Republic: Studies in the Political Thought of the American ColoniesRevised version of Part II of [the author's] Seedtime of the Republic. |
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Page 175
... House of Burgesses , and again the lower house decided to speak directly to the sovereign authorities at home . Bland was the key figure at every step of this new protest against arbitrary power . He chaired the com- mittee of eleven ...
... House of Burgesses , and again the lower house decided to speak directly to the sovereign authorities at home . Bland was the key figure at every step of this new protest against arbitrary power . He chaired the com- mittee of eleven ...
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... house of Anthony Hay on the afternoon of the dissolution . On May 18 this group , which included all important members of the popular party , adopted some profoundly anti - British resolutions , the cutting edge of which was a mutual ...
... house of Anthony Hay on the afternoon of the dissolution . On May 18 this group , which included all important members of the popular party , adopted some profoundly anti - British resolutions , the cutting edge of which was a mutual ...
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... House of Lords- the lower house of the legislature , the House of Commons ( or House of Burgesses ) , had the chief responsibility for transmitting them unspoiled to future generations . Unless we recall the peculiar feeling of ...
... House of Lords- the lower house of the legislature , the House of Commons ( or House of Burgesses ) , had the chief responsibility for transmitting them unspoiled to future generations . Unless we recall the peculiar feeling of ...
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Apostle of Soul Liberty | 35 |
A Star of the First Magnitude | 79 |
Herald of Revolution | 116 |
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