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... resolutions condemn- ing the Stamp Act , declaring that the right of taxing the colonies lay in their own legislative assemblies , and that any attempt of the British Parliament to usurp this right tended to the destruction of liber ...
... resolutions condemn- ing the Stamp Act , declaring that the right of taxing the colonies lay in their own legislative assemblies , and that any attempt of the British Parliament to usurp this right tended to the destruction of liber ...
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... resolutions . It was a red - letter day in Jefferson's life one of those rare moments whose influence lasts to the grave . Forty - five years later Jefferson wrote to his friend William Wirt , who was preparing a biography of Patrick ...
... resolutions . It was a red - letter day in Jefferson's life one of those rare moments whose influence lasts to the grave . Forty - five years later Jefferson wrote to his friend William Wirt , who was preparing a biography of Patrick ...
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... 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.
... 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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... resolutions censuring the retaliatory act against Rhode Island , and calling for the establishment of a standing committee of correspondence and inquiry , whose business it should be to keep informed of important matters going on in all ...
... resolutions censuring the retaliatory act against Rhode Island , and calling for the establishment of a standing committee of correspondence and inquiry , whose business it should be to keep informed of important matters going on in all ...
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... resolution to observe the 1st of June as a 19 day of fasting , humiliation , and prayer , " to implore heaven to ... resolutions boycotting British goods , declaring that an attack on one colony was an attack on all , and instructing ...
... resolution to observe the 1st of June as a 19 day of fasting , humiliation , and prayer , " to implore heaven to ... resolutions boycotting British goods , declaring that an attack on one colony was an attack on all , and instructing ...
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