The History of Massachusetts ...: The provincial period [1692-1775Phillips, Sampson, 1856 |
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... secure their dependence . The con- viction , however , is forced upon our minds , that the statesmen of England , at this date , had formed no adequate conception of the true nature of the relation of the colonies to the crown . Not ...
... secure their dependence . The con- viction , however , is forced upon our minds , that the statesmen of England , at this date , had formed no adequate conception of the true nature of the relation of the colonies to the crown . Not ...
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... secure , the body of the people re- garded him with favor ; and he left as few enemies as any one who had taken so active a part in the government , and who had passed through so many eventful vicissitudes.1 At the commencement of Mr ...
... secure , the body of the people re- garded him with favor ; and he left as few enemies as any one who had taken so active a part in the government , and who had passed through so many eventful vicissitudes.1 At the commencement of Mr ...
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... secure his return to America , and to secure it in such a way as to gratify his pride . But his plans were not immediately successful ; for Ashhurst , and Constantine Phips , the agents of the province in England , vigilant to defeat ...
... secure his return to America , and to secure it in such a way as to gratify his pride . But his plans were not immediately successful ; for Ashhurst , and Constantine Phips , the agents of the province in England , vigilant to defeat ...
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... secure in the position he held.2 to 1715 . The latter years of Mr. Dudley's administration were dis- 1710 turbed by a controversy upon the currency of the province . The wars with France , which had continued for a period of nearly ...
... secure in the position he held.2 to 1715 . The latter years of Mr. Dudley's administration were dis- 1710 turbed by a controversy upon the currency of the province . The wars with France , which had continued for a period of nearly ...
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... secure the possession of Newfoundland , and recover Acadia , both which objects were accomplished , design was prosecuted upon Boston , nor was any particular alarm created by the expedition . ― - The new expedition was more dreaded ...
... secure the possession of Newfoundland , and recover Acadia , both which objects were accomplished , design was prosecuted upon Boston , nor was any particular alarm created by the expedition . ― - The new expedition was more dreaded ...
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Página 313 - America is obstinate ; America is almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Página 38 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Página 311 - It is my opinion that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Página 314 - In such a cause even your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the State, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Página 310 - House to tax America, I was ill in bed. If I could have endured to have been carried in my bed, so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences, I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me down on this floor, to have borne my testimony against it...
Página 179 - People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England...
Página 502 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts ; they must be repealed — you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it — I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed.
Página 311 - There is an idea in some, that the colonies are virtually represented in this House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here...
Página 312 - When I proposed to tax America I asked the House if any gentleman would object to the right; I repeatedly asked it, and no man would attempt to deny it. Protection and obedience are reciprocal. Great Britain protects America; America is bound to yield obedience. If not, tell me when the Americans were emancipated ? When they want the protection of this kingdom, they are always very ready to ask it.
Página 264 - I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villany on the other, as this writ of assistance is.