A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797: Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to that Period, Volume 1H. Howe and Durrie & Peck, 1828 - 528 pages |
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Page 10
... resolutions against them - Petitions reject- ed - Stamp Act passed - Excites great alarm in the colonies - Resolutions of the Virginia house of burgesses against it - Meeting of a congress of the colo- nies in 1765 - Declaration of ...
... resolutions against them - Petitions reject- ed - Stamp Act passed - Excites great alarm in the colonies - Resolutions of the Virginia house of burgesses against it - Meeting of a congress of the colo- nies in 1765 - Declaration of ...
Page 11
... resolutions approved --- Declaration of the rights of the colonies --- Non - importation , non - consumption , and non - ex- portation agreement --- Address to the king --- To the people of Great Britain --- To the inhabitants of the ...
... resolutions approved --- Declaration of the rights of the colonies --- Non - importation , non - consumption , and non - ex- portation agreement --- Address to the king --- To the people of Great Britain --- To the inhabitants of the ...
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... resolution of remvoing there . This was finally done , with the consent of the general court of Massachusetts , on condition they should continue under that government ; and previous to their removal , the general court , invested Mr ...
... resolution of remvoing there . This was finally done , with the consent of the general court of Massachusetts , on condition they should continue under that government ; and previous to their removal , the general court , invested Mr ...
Page 114
... resolution , that they would not " presume to contend with his majesty in a course of law , but humbly lay themselves , at his majesty's feet in submission to his pleasure , so declared . " To this resolve , the representa- tives ...
... resolution , that they would not " presume to contend with his majesty in a course of law , but humbly lay themselves , at his majesty's feet in submission to his pleasure , so declared . " To this resolve , the representa- tives ...
Page 127
... resolution on this subject , but they refused . These instructions were renewed the next year , and the gene- ral court were again urged to comply with the commands of the queen , in settling a fixed salary upon the governor " as they ...
... resolution on this subject , but they refused . These instructions were renewed the next year , and the gene- ral court were again urged to comply with the commands of the queen , in settling a fixed salary upon the governor " as they ...
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