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 |
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... fhould have neither country , nor particu- lar religion . " The compiler of the prefent hif- tory can affure the public , that he has paid a facred regard to truth , conscious of his being answerable to a more awful tribunal than that ...
... fhould have neither country , nor particu- lar religion . " The compiler of the prefent hif- tory can affure the public , that he has paid a facred regard to truth , conscious of his being answerable to a more awful tribunal than that ...
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... fhould be expofed , the barbarities and treacheries of the Indians , and their inability to fupport the expenfe - it was an- fwered , " The difficulties are not invincible , and may be overcome by fortitude and patience ; the ends pro ...
... fhould be expofed , the barbarities and treacheries of the Indians , and their inability to fupport the expenfe - it was an- fwered , " The difficulties are not invincible , and may be overcome by fortitude and patience ; the ends pro ...
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... fhould be go- verned by laws and officers of their own making or choofing , perfonally or by reprefentation ; for they were evidently diftinguifhed from the governor and company ( of whom it appears to be fuppofed , that they were to ...
... fhould be go- verned by laws and officers of their own making or choofing , perfonally or by reprefentation ; for they were evidently diftinguifhed from the governor and company ( of whom it appears to be fuppofed , that they were to ...
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... fhould have the fole ordering of its affairs and government . They appointed Capt . Endi- cott governor , and feven gentlemen going from England to be counsellors , and directed how the other five should be elected , together with a ...
... fhould have the fole ordering of its affairs and government . They appointed Capt . Endi- cott governor , and feven gentlemen going from England to be counsellors , and directed how the other five should be elected , together with a ...
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... fhould be transferred to its inhabitants , and not be continued in fubordination to the company at London . The matter was debated ; and it was agreed , that the perfons present fhould feriously confider the bufinefs against the next ...
... fhould be transferred to its inhabitants , and not be continued in fubordination to the company at London . The matter was debated ; and it was agreed , that the perfons present fhould feriously confider the bufinefs against the next ...
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Pagina 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...
Pagina 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 :
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.