History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713 - 1783 : In Seven Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1853 |
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Page 86
... Duties upon them while the yell of Indian carnage was yet in their ears , and the smoke of their ruined habitations yet before their eyes . Another cause of irritation which unhappily combined with the former was the severity with which ...
... Duties upon them while the yell of Indian carnage was yet in their ears , and the smoke of their ruined habitations yet before their eyes . Another cause of irritation which unhappily combined with the former was the severity with which ...
Page 87
... duties was to be reserved to defray the charges of protecting the Colo- nies on which it was levied . It is true , moreover , that these duties were accompanied by several laws to increase and encourage their commercial intercourse with ...
... duties was to be reserved to defray the charges of protecting the Colo- nies on which it was levied . It is true , moreover , that these duties were accompanied by several laws to increase and encourage their commercial intercourse with ...
Page 88
... Duties as were already established in England . The expected amount was but small ; I find it estimated by a member of the government at less than one shilling a head * Annual Register , 1764 , part i . p . 24 . 1765 . THE STAMP ACT ...
... Duties as were already established in England . The expected amount was but small ; I find it estimated by a member of the government at less than one shilling a head * Annual Register , 1764 , part i . p . 24 . 1765 . THE STAMP ACT ...
Page 89
... Duties on America were now brought into the House of Commons , and after- wards embodied in an Act of Parliament . The House , since they viewed it as a Money - Bill , refused to receive four Pe- titions against it from the agents of ...
... Duties on America were now brought into the House of Commons , and after- wards embodied in an Act of Parliament . The House , since they viewed it as a Money - Bill , refused to receive four Pe- titions against it from the agents of ...
Page 104
... the ground behind the gardens which the King had made at Buckingham - www . * Lord Orford's Memoirs of George III . , vol . ii . p . 160 . 1765 . DUTIES ON FOREIGN SILKS . 105 House ; 104 CHAP . XLIV . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... the ground behind the gardens which the King had made at Buckingham - www . * Lord Orford's Memoirs of George III . , vol . ii . p . 160 . 1765 . DUTIES ON FOREIGN SILKS . 105 House ; 104 CHAP . XLIV . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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