Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States: Illustrated, Volume 2Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart American Educational Alliance, 1916 - United States |
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... claim the right of self - taxation . The people in New Jersey disliked Cornbury equally as much as those in New York , and in 1707 the New Jersey Assembly joined that of New York in making a formal complaint against Cornbury to the ...
... claim the right of self - taxation . The people in New Jersey disliked Cornbury equally as much as those in New York , and in 1707 the New Jersey Assembly joined that of New York in making a formal complaint against Cornbury to the ...
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... claiming that the proprietaries should provide for the defence of the province , inasmuch as they received a large revenue from it in the way of quit - rents , etc. The proprietaries and the Board of Trade , however , denied this view ...
... claiming that the proprietaries should provide for the defence of the province , inasmuch as they received a large revenue from it in the way of quit - rents , etc. The proprietaries and the Board of Trade , however , denied this view ...
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... claim to the terri- tory and to grant a large tract of land . Steps were immediately taken for advancing the work of colonization and settlement . A small battery commanding the river was erected , a palisade was constructed , some ...
... claim to the terri- tory and to grant a large tract of land . Steps were immediately taken for advancing the work of colonization and settlement . A small battery commanding the river was erected , a palisade was constructed , some ...
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... claiming damages to the amount of £ 1,000 . Wesley was also charged by others with a number of abuses of authority , and public feeling against him grew decidedly strong . In 1737 , therefore , he " shook off the dust of his feet , " as ...
... claiming damages to the amount of £ 1,000 . Wesley was also charged by others with a number of abuses of authority , and public feeling against him grew decidedly strong . In 1737 , therefore , he " shook off the dust of his feet , " as ...
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... claim- ing it as the property of the King of Spain . Oglethorpe resisted the de- mands of the Spaniards . He had acquired the veneration and devotion of all classes by his benevolent labors , nobly devoting all his powers to serve the ...
... claim- ing it as the property of the King of Spain . Oglethorpe resisted the de- mands of the Spaniards . He had acquired the veneration and devotion of all classes by his benevolent labors , nobly devoting all his powers to serve the ...
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