A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volume 1F. Betts, 1822 - United States |
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... spirit of Columbus . It has been well said , by one of the fathers of our independence , that the revolution was finished , be- fore the war commenced ; and the reader will find more than one occasion , in the following pages , to ...
... spirit of Columbus . It has been well said , by one of the fathers of our independence , that the revolution was finished , be- fore the war commenced ; and the reader will find more than one occasion , in the following pages , to ...
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... spirit in commercial pursuits - were made to bend to these views of the English Ministry ; and the prosperity of England , was taken as the standard of their action . The Governours who adhered to the authors of this policy , were of ...
... spirit in commercial pursuits - were made to bend to these views of the English Ministry ; and the prosperity of England , was taken as the standard of their action . The Governours who adhered to the authors of this policy , were of ...
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... and discontented spirits , under the do- minion of their royal master ; and the Colonies , on the other hand , seemed to think that Parliament had little else to do , than to listen to the representations 10 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... and discontented spirits , under the do- minion of their royal master ; and the Colonies , on the other hand , seemed to think that Parliament had little else to do , than to listen to the representations 10 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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... spirit of liberty , which has since been so highly cherished by their descen- dants . They left England at a period when those principles , which finally ended in the overthrow and execution of Charles the First , were every where pre ...
... spirit of liberty , which has since been so highly cherished by their descen- dants . They left England at a period when those principles , which finally ended in the overthrow and execution of Charles the First , were every where pre ...
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... spirit of liberty and independence , in the Colo- nies of the new world . In the first place , that most powerful of all the engines of despotism - the union of religious with civil government - was unknown to them . Each man worshipped ...
... spirit of liberty and independence , in the Colo- nies of the new world . In the first place , that most powerful of all the engines of despotism - the union of religious with civil government - was unknown to them . Each man worshipped ...
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Page 262 - MR. PRESIDENT: Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me, in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust.
Page 218 - Parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several Provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only to the negative of their Sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Page 262 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Page 95 - 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.
Page 75 - They protected by your arms ! They have nobly taken up arms in your defence ; have exerted a valour amidst their constant and laborious industry, for the defence of a country whose frontier was drenched in blood, while its interior parts yielded all its little savings to your emolument.
Page 356 - He has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States for that Purpose obstructing the Laws for naturalization of Foreigners refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither and raising the Conditions of new appropriations of Lands...
Page 285 - ... we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored. Necessity has not yet driven us into that desperate measure, or induced us to excite any other nation to war against them. We have not raised armies with ambitious designs of separating from Great Britain, and establishing independent states.
Page 219 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Page 359 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
Page 284 - Honour, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.