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... minister in a cabinet which Macaulay characterizes as the worst that had gov- erned England since the revolution of 1688. In March , 1764 , Grenville began to put into operation a plan for the taxation of the American colonies , with ...
... minister in a cabinet which Macaulay characterizes as the worst that had gov- erned England since the revolution of 1688. In March , 1764 , Grenville began to put into operation a plan for the taxation of the American colonies , with ...
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... ministry announced its intention of imposing on the American colonies the next year an " internal tax , " that is ... ministers . In proroguing Parliament on the 19th of April - a day made memorable on Lexington Green and at Concord ...
... ministry announced its intention of imposing on the American colonies the next year an " internal tax , " that is ... ministers . In proroguing Parliament on the 19th of April - a day made memorable on Lexington Green and at Concord ...
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... minister in 1770 , a period in which , as Jef- ferson complained , " our countrymen seemed to fall into a state of insensibility to our situation . " But if politics were dull there was plenty of ex- citement in Jefferson's private life ...
... minister in 1770 , a period in which , as Jef- ferson complained , " our countrymen seemed to fall into a state of insensibility to our situation . " But if politics were dull there was plenty of ex- citement in Jefferson's private life ...
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... ministers , too plainly prove a de- liberate and systematical plan of reducing us to slavery . ' Jefferson reviews these acts : the revenue mea- sures , the suspension of colonial legislatures , the punishment of Boston . He examines ...
... ministers , too plainly prove a de- liberate and systematical plan of reducing us to slavery . ' Jefferson reviews these acts : the revenue mea- sures , the suspension of colonial legislatures , the punishment of Boston . He examines ...
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... ministers to preach in camp , " for the ease of such consciences as may not chuse to attend divine service as celebrated by the chaplain . " We shall see in later pages with what zeal Jefferson threw himself into the struggle for ...
... ministers to preach in camp , " for the ease of such consciences as may not chuse to attend divine service as celebrated by the chaplain . " We shall see in later pages with what zeal Jefferson threw himself into the struggle for ...
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