The American Enlightenment: The Shaping of the American Experiment and a Free SocietyAdrienne Koch |
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... representatives . That the colonies have no representatives in parliament . That to propose taxing them by parliament , and refuse them the liberty of choosing a representative council , to meet in the colonies , and consider and judge ...
... representatives . That the colonies have no representatives in parliament . That to propose taxing them by parliament , and refuse them the liberty of choosing a representative council , to meet in the colonies , and consider and judge ...
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... representatives of the colonies might easily be lessened as the occasions should lessen , but being once laid by parliament under the influence of the representations made by Governors , would probably be kept up and continued for the ...
... representatives of the colonies might easily be lessened as the occasions should lessen , but being once laid by parliament under the influence of the representations made by Governors , would probably be kept up and continued for the ...
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... Representatives in Parliament Boston , Dec. 22 , 1754 . Since the conversation your Excellency was pleased to honour me with , on the subject of uniting the colonies more intimately with Great Britain , by allowing them representatives ...
... Representatives in Parliament Boston , Dec. 22 , 1754 . Since the conversation your Excellency was pleased to honour me with , on the subject of uniting the colonies more intimately with Great Britain , by allowing them representatives ...
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IntroductionAdrienne Koch | 19 |
Reading and Writing | 56 |
LETTERS | 69 |
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