Patrick Henry and His WorldDoubleday, 1969 - 498 pages On May 29, 1765, a young backwoods lawyer named Patrick Henry rose in the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, Virginia, and offered exciting resolutions that were the prelude to the American Declaration of Independence. This is an account of that young lawyer, the politics of his day, and his part in our early history. |
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... duties for years without much com- plaint about the principle of the tax or the amount of the duties . As such duties constituted a time - tested part of the kingdom's fiscal structure , why not place a stamp tax on the colonies to ...
... duties for years without much com- plaint about the principle of the tax or the amount of the duties . As such duties constituted a time - tested part of the kingdom's fiscal structure , why not place a stamp tax on the colonies to ...
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... duties imposed by Parliament on certain imports . Such duties con- stituted a form of tax , to be sure , but had been accepted without too much complaint , never having been challenged in principle . The duties had never been used to ...
... duties imposed by Parliament on certain imports . Such duties con- stituted a form of tax , to be sure , but had been accepted without too much complaint , never having been challenged in principle . The duties had never been used to ...
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... duties were allowed to stand , they declared , " the necessary result will be that the Colonies , reduced to extreme ... duties , that was ridiculous , mere rhetoric and propaganda . Indeed , the duties were surprisingly low , and would ...
... duties were allowed to stand , they declared , " the necessary result will be that the Colonies , reduced to extreme ... duties , that was ridiculous , mere rhetoric and propaganda . Indeed , the duties were surprisingly low , and would ...
Contents
A Day to Remember | 1 |
A Hard School | 11 |
At Sheltons Tavern | 29 |
Copyright | |
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