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... terms as the British Parliament propose . ( Jefferson to John Randolph , November 29 , 1775. ) WHEN unauthorized bodies meet to review and re- dress the policies of absolute kings , revolution has begun : witness the Convention ...
... terms as the British Parliament propose . ( Jefferson to John Randolph , November 29 , 1775. ) WHEN unauthorized bodies meet to review and re- dress the policies of absolute kings , revolution has begun : witness the Convention ...
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... terms offered . They only " changed the form of oppression without lightening its burdens . " The colony could not agree to saddle itself with a per- petual tax , whose amount was to be determined by the British Parliament . Besides ...
... terms offered . They only " changed the form of oppression without lightening its burdens . " The colony could not agree to saddle itself with a per- petual tax , whose amount was to be determined by the British Parliament . Besides ...
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... terms , which inevitably mean for us American citizenship , patriotism , and allegiance , had a different signification before our national state was firmly founded , before we had a national domain , before our national courts admin ...
... terms , which inevitably mean for us American citizenship , patriotism , and allegiance , had a different signification before our national state was firmly founded , before we had a national domain , before our national courts admin ...
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... terms since the State became a free republic . Jefferson occupied the office for two years , from June , 1779 , to June , 1781 - two years which , with the possible exception of the closing years of his presidency , were the most ...
... terms since the State became a free republic . Jefferson occupied the office for two years , from June , 1779 , to June , 1781 - two years which , with the possible exception of the closing years of his presidency , were the most ...
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... term of office came to a close , and we might let it come to a close in silence , if it were not that accusations of remissness and cowardice pursued him to the end . 99 Morse says that when Cornwallis reached Peters- burg " Jefferson ...
... term of office came to a close , and we might let it come to a close in silence , if it were not that accusations of remissness and cowardice pursued him to the end . 99 Morse says that when Cornwallis reached Peters- burg " Jefferson ...
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