A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Band 1F. Betts, 1822 |
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... Britain , more particularly , the extension of commercial connexion , to which this event gave rise , led to consequences , which , but for - the subsequent independence of the Colonies , would , in a little time , have utterly ...
... Britain , more particularly , the extension of commercial connexion , to which this event gave rise , led to consequences , which , but for - the subsequent independence of the Colonies , would , in a little time , have utterly ...
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... Britain , to rule over the Colonies their arbitrary exactions - their contempt of popular remonstrance - all conspired to produce something like an abhorrence of the mother country , in the minds of our sturdy fathers . This was succeed ...
... Britain , to rule over the Colonies their arbitrary exactions - their contempt of popular remonstrance - all conspired to produce something like an abhorrence of the mother country , in the minds of our sturdy fathers . This was succeed ...
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... Britain ; but the plan which they proposed for this purpose was not at all relished by his Majesty's Government . It was their opinion , that " a grand council should be form- ed of members to be chosen by the Provincial Assem- blies ...
... Britain ; but the plan which they proposed for this purpose was not at all relished by his Majesty's Government . It was their opinion , that " a grand council should be form- ed of members to be chosen by the Provincial Assem- blies ...
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... Britain would not willingly lay aside the power , if once surrendered to their hands . The Ministry thus finding their scheme unsuccessful , abandoned it for VOL . I. 5 the present , and turned their attention once more to AMERICAN ...
... Britain would not willingly lay aside the power , if once surrendered to their hands . The Ministry thus finding their scheme unsuccessful , abandoned it for VOL . I. 5 the present , and turned their attention once more to AMERICAN ...
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... Britain soon after the capture of Quebec , and Mr. Pitt , finding his influence with the new King not sufficiently great to allow him to guide the measures for which the nature of his situ- ation in the Cabinet made him responsible ...
... Britain soon after the capture of Quebec , and Mr. Pitt , finding his influence with the new King not sufficiently great to allow him to guide the measures for which the nature of his situ- ation in the Cabinet made him responsible ...
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