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... passed . He was made a justice of the peace and surveyor for the new county of Albemarle , in which his lands lay , then was appointed colonel of the militia of his county , and finally , in the disastrous year of Braddock's defeat ...
... passed . He was made a justice of the peace and surveyor for the new county of Albemarle , in which his lands lay , then was appointed colonel of the militia of his county , and finally , in the disastrous year of Braddock's defeat ...
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... passed through Parliament , with scarcely any debate in the House of Commons and without a division in the Lords . News of the act reached America in May , as the session of the Virginia Burgesses was nearing its close . The ...
... passed through Parliament , with scarcely any debate in the House of Commons and without a division in the Lords . News of the act reached America in May , as the session of the Virginia Burgesses was nearing its close . The ...
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... five days , but the members reconvened in- formally in the Apollo Room of the Raleigh Tavern and had out their say . They passed resolutions boycotting the articles which were subject to the Townshend duties 14 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
... five days , but the members reconvened in- formally in the Apollo Room of the Raleigh Tavern and had out their say . They passed resolutions boycotting the articles which were subject to the Townshend duties 14 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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... - phlet opens the list of American polemic and apolo- getic papers on the Revolution which Englishmen like Burke , Pitt , and Conway declared were unsur- passed in the literature of political argumentation . It was 22 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
... - phlet opens the list of American polemic and apolo- getic papers on the Revolution which Englishmen like Burke , Pitt , and Conway declared were unsur- passed in the literature of political argumentation . It was 22 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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David Saville Muzzey. passed in the literature of political argumentation . It was the boldest declaration of American rights- almost a declaration of independence . It denied in toto the supremacy of Parliament over the colo- nies ...
David Saville Muzzey. passed in the literature of political argumentation . It was the boldest declaration of American rights- almost a declaration of independence . It denied in toto the supremacy of Parliament over the colo- nies ...
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