The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: Including an Account of the Late War; and of the Thirteen Colonies, ... By William Gordon, D.D. In Four Volumes. ...author; and sold, 1788 - United States |
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... colonies for ever one body corporate and politic .. New Haven took the affair ill ; and for fome time de- clined the union . But difficulties were amicably fettled 1665. at last , and the colonies united by agreement . 23 . 1685 . " The ...
... colonies for ever one body corporate and politic .. New Haven took the affair ill ; and for fome time de- clined the union . But difficulties were amicably fettled 1665. at last , and the colonies united by agreement . 23 . 1685 . " The ...
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... colonies writes , June 20 , 1671 , " there are 40,000 perfons , men , women , and children , 2000 black flaves , and 6000 chriftian fervants for a fhort time . " You will not have your good opinion of him heightened for his adding- " I ...
... colonies writes , June 20 , 1671 , " there are 40,000 perfons , men , women , and children , 2000 black flaves , and 6000 chriftian fervants for a fhort time . " You will not have your good opinion of him heightened for his adding- " I ...
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... colonies , efpecially in those under pro- prietaries , think that no law of England ought to be binding to them without their own confent ; for they foolishly fay , they have no reprefentatives fent from themselves to the parliament of ...
... colonies , efpecially in those under pro- prietaries , think that no law of England ought to be binding to them without their own confent ; for they foolishly fay , they have no reprefentatives fent from themselves to the parliament of ...
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... colonies ; but about 1696 , a 1696 . pamphlet was published , recommending the laying a parliamentary tax on one of them . It was anfwered by two others much read ; which totally denied the power of taxing the colonies , because they ...
... colonies ; but about 1696 , a 1696 . pamphlet was published , recommending the laying a parliamentary tax on one of them . It was anfwered by two others much read ; which totally denied the power of taxing the colonies , because they ...
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... colonies to the crown ; but bet- tér councils prevailed , and matters were left unaltered . Some are for bringing as a precedent for the parliament's raising a revenue from the colonies , what was paffed in 1710. 1710 , viz , " An act ...
... colonies to the crown ; but bet- tér councils prevailed , and matters were left unaltered . Some are for bringing as a precedent for the parliament's raising a revenue from the colonies , what was paffed in 1710. 1710 , viz , " An act ...
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Page 116 - They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable ; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
Page 116 - And now will these Americans, children planted by our care, nourished up by our indulgence until they are grown to a degree of strength and opulence, and protected by our arms, will they grudge to contribute their mite to relieve us from the heavy weight of that burden which we lie under ?" Colonel Barre arose, and, echoing Townshend's words, thus commented :
Page 117 - However superior to me in general knowledge and experience the respectable body of this house may be, yet I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country.
Page 17 - ... and safe government, both with respect to their spiritual and worldly property — that is, an uninterrupted liberty of conscience, and an inviolable possession of their civil rights and freedoms by a just and wise government — a mere wilderness would be no encouragement ; for it were a madness to leave a free, good, and improved country, to plant in a wilderness; and there adventure many thousands of pounds to give an absolute title to another person to tax us at will and pleasure.
Page 126 - 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.
Page 93 - The authority of all acts of parliament," they added, " which concern the colonies, and extend to them, is ever acknowledged in all the courts of law, and made the rule of all judicial proceedings in the province. There is not a member of the general court, and we know no inhabitant within the bounds of the government, that ever questioned this authority.
Page 84 - An Act to encourage the Importation of Pig and Bar Iron from his Majestie's Colonies in America, and to prevent the Erection of any Mill or other Engine for slitting or rolling of Iron, or any plating Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or any Furnace for making Steel...
Page 93 - Britain can the consumption of foreign superfluities) our whole wealth centers finally amongst the merchants and inhabitants of Britain, and if we make them richer, and enable them better to pay their taxes, it is nearly the same as being taxed ourselves, and equally beneficial to the crown.
Page 116 - ... of this house, sent to spy out their liberties, to misrepresent their actions, and to prey upon them ; men whose behavior on many occasions has caused the blood of those SONS OF LIBERTY...
Page 298 - By shutting up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither, and to our benefit ; but nature, in the formation of our harbour, forbids our becoming rivals in commerce with that convenient mart.