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Page 11
... foreign trade , which as an " imperial " matter the colonists had been willing , at least in theory , to concede , but a tax on their ordinary business trans- actions within the colonies themselves . All kinds of legal and public ...
... foreign trade , which as an " imperial " matter the colonists had been willing , at least in theory , to concede , but a tax on their ordinary business trans- actions within the colonies themselves . All kinds of legal and public ...
Page 40
... foreign Powers , and urging the formation of a confederation to bind the colonies more closely together . The first clause was debated fiercely . " The Congress sat till seven o'clock this evening , " wrote Rutledge to Jay , " in ...
... foreign Powers , and urging the formation of a confederation to bind the colonies more closely together . The first clause was debated fiercely . " The Congress sat till seven o'clock this evening , " wrote Rutledge to Jay , " in ...
Page 47
... the American cause . It was a stroke of diplomacy . So long as we were fight- ing to reform the British Empire , the secret commit- tee on foreign correspondence appointed by Con- gress on November DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 47.
... the American cause . It was a stroke of diplomacy . So long as we were fight- ing to reform the British Empire , the secret commit- tee on foreign correspondence appointed by Con- gress on November DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 47.
Page 48
... foreign nations helped us for the destruction of the British Empire rather than for the establishment of the American Republic did not affect the value of their aid . What that value was every student of the American Revo- lution knows ...
... foreign nations helped us for the destruction of the British Empire rather than for the establishment of the American Republic did not affect the value of their aid . What that value was every student of the American Revo- lution knows ...
Page 104
... Foreign nations were naturally sceptical about reposing confidence in a government which could not win the confidence of its own States , and diplomats in Paris , London , and Madrid blandly asked whether they were expected to make ...
... Foreign nations were naturally sceptical about reposing confidence in a government which could not win the confidence of its own States , and diplomats in Paris , London , and Madrid blandly asked whether they were expected to make ...
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