Prologue to Revolution: Sources and Documents on the Stamp Act Crisis, 1764-1766UNC Press Books, 2012 M12 1 - 174 páginas This comprehensive documentary source book on the Stamp Act provides a case-study approach to American colonial history and serves as a problems source book on the key event in Anglo-American relations in the 1760s. Morgan has assembled sixty-five crucial documents on all phases of the crisis; on certain acute issues of the controversy nearly all of the relevant materials now extant are included. |
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... ? And so evidently does this appear to be the natural Right of Man- kind , that even conquered tributary States , though subject to the Payment of a fixed periodical Tribute , never were reduced to so abject and THE SUGAR ACT 9.
... ? And so evidently does this appear to be the natural Right of Man- kind , that even conquered tributary States , though subject to the Payment of a fixed periodical Tribute , never were reduced to so abject and THE SUGAR ACT 9.
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... never were reduced to so abject and forlorn a Condition , as to yield to all the Burthens which their Con- querors might at any future Time think fit to impose . The Tribute paid , the Debt was discharged ; and the Remainder they could ...
... never were reduced to so abject and forlorn a Condition , as to yield to all the Burthens which their Con- querors might at any future Time think fit to impose . The Tribute paid , the Debt was discharged ; and the Remainder they could ...
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... never failing Motive of Self - Preserva- tion , to oppose any hostile Attempts upon their Borders . Nor will the Candour of the Commons of Great - Britain , construe our Earnestness to maintain this Plea , to arise from a Desire of ...
... never failing Motive of Self - Preserva- tion , to oppose any hostile Attempts upon their Borders . Nor will the Candour of the Commons of Great - Britain , construe our Earnestness to maintain this Plea , to arise from a Desire of ...
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... never abused to bad Purposes , and with the Loss of which Liberty , Property , and all the Benefits of Life , tumble into In- security and Ruin : Rights , the Depriva- tion of which , will dispirit the People , abate their Industry ...
... never abused to bad Purposes , and with the Loss of which Liberty , Property , and all the Benefits of Life , tumble into In- security and Ruin : Rights , the Depriva- tion of which , will dispirit the People , abate their Industry ...
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Contenido
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Chapter II THE GENESIS OF THE STAMP ACT | 24 |
Chapter III THE ACTION OF THE COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES | 44 |
Chapter IV THE AMERICAN PRESS | 70 |
Chapter V THE BRITISH PRESS | 95 |
Chapter VI THE PATTERN OF REBELLION | 104 |
Chapter VII REPEAL | 127 |
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Prologue to Revolution: Sources and Documents on the Stamp Act Crisis, 1764-1766 Edmund Sears Morgan Vista previa limitada - 1959 |
Prologue to Revolution: Sources and Documents on the Stamp Act Crisis, 1764-1766 Edmund S. Morgan Sin vista previa disponible - 1959 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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