History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783Tauchnitz, 1854 |
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... land in Long Island Battle of Brooklyn • Danger and distress of the Americans They re - embark • British overtures for peace Committee appointed by the Congress Interview with Lord Howe Project to burn New York . New York entered by the ...
... land in Long Island Battle of Brooklyn • Danger and distress of the Americans They re - embark • British overtures for peace Committee appointed by the Congress Interview with Lord Howe Project to burn New York . New York entered by the ...
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... land from North America . Throughout that country the appearance of the tea - ships , as planned by Lord North , and as freighted by the East India Company , had provoked not only resentment but resistance . It was believed , or at ...
... land from North America . Throughout that country the appearance of the tea - ships , as planned by Lord North , and as freighted by the East India Company , had provoked not only resentment but resistance . It was believed , or at ...
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... lands not subject to any previous grant nor comprised in any previous Charter . The Governor , General Carleton , being examined before the House of Commons , stated that the Protestants in the province were then not quite 400 in number ...
... lands not subject to any previous grant nor comprised in any previous Charter . The Governor , General Carleton , being examined before the House of Commons , stated that the Protestants in the province were then not quite 400 in number ...
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... land , and also to build temporary barracks . As the time approached for the general muster of the Militia he deemed it essential in that state of public feeling to deprive them of their stores and ammunition , which he removed from the ...
... land , and also to build temporary barracks . As the time approached for the general muster of the Militia he deemed it essential in that state of public feeling to deprive them of their stores and ammunition , which he removed from the ...
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... land provinces , that conciliation had been tried and had failed , - that at all hazards the refractory and rebellious spirit of that country must be quelled . Such at this period were the feelings of the people ; such also were the ...
... land provinces , that conciliation had been tried and had failed , - that at all hazards the refractory and rebellious spirit of that country must be quelled . Such at this period were the feelings of the people ; such also were the ...
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