The War of American Independence, 1775-1783Estes and Lauriat, 1876 - 246 էջ |
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... Washington's temporary military dictatorship The surprise of Trenton , Dec. 25 , 1776 135 The battle of Princeton , January 1777 ; New Jersey nearly recovered 136 . . . 134 . . . . . . 141 . L'AGE Washington's winter xii Contents .
... Washington's temporary military dictatorship The surprise of Trenton , Dec. 25 , 1776 135 The battle of Princeton , January 1777 ; New Jersey nearly recovered 136 . . . 134 . . . . . . 141 . L'AGE Washington's winter xii Contents .
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... ( January 1766 ) Pitt's advice that America has resisted . was asked by the Cabinet as to the measures to be taken with regard to America . He gave it from his seat in parliament , which he had not for a long time attended . ' He could ...
... ( January 1766 ) Pitt's advice that America has resisted . was asked by the Cabinet as to the measures to be taken with regard to America . He gave it from his seat in parliament , which he had not for a long time attended . ' He could ...
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... ( January 25 , 1774 ) , a Scotch preventive officer was tarred and feathered , and paraded under the Boston gallows . The news of this proceeding was received with indignation by the English Parliament , and there Indignation was a talk ...
... ( January 25 , 1774 ) , a Scotch preventive officer was tarred and feathered , and paraded under the Boston gallows . The news of this proceeding was received with indignation by the English Parliament , and there Indignation was a talk ...
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... January moment of embarking for England had been 1777 ; New ordered back by Sir W. Howe to New Jersey , Jersey nearly reand soon came up with overwhelming forces . covered . Washington now tried to surprise Princeton , and would have ...
... January moment of embarking for England had been 1777 ; New ordered back by Sir W. Howe to New Jersey , Jersey nearly reand soon came up with overwhelming forces . covered . Washington now tried to surprise Princeton , and would have ...
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... ) . Parliament adjourned to January 20 , 1778 . а treat with M. H. L During the recess , it is said that the king 1777 . 145 First Period . Gloomy impressions produced by the Saratoga surrender France ready to treat with America.
... ) . Parliament adjourned to January 20 , 1778 . а treat with M. H. L During the recess , it is said that the king 1777 . 145 First Period . Gloomy impressions produced by the Saratoga surrender France ready to treat with America.
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Էջ 30 - I thank God there are no free schools, nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years ; for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both...
Էջ 44 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Էջ 107 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
Էջ 74 - Britain, as being inseparably united and annexed thereunto ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity, to bind the Kingdom and people of Ireland.
Էջ 73 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. That we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Էջ 45 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our...
Էջ 69 - Peace have been so happily enlarged ; and whereas it is just and necessary that a revenue should be raised in your Majesty's dominions in America, for defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same...
Էջ 79 - That no man should scruple, or hesitate a moment, to use arms in defence of so valuable a blessing, is clearly my opinion. Yet arms, I would beg leave to add, should be the last resource, the dernier resort.
Էջ 147 - I am now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of these three things; starve, dissolve, or disperse in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can.
Էջ 117 - If I shall be able to rise superior to these and many other difficulties, which might be enumerated, I shall most religiously believe, that the finger of Providence is in it, to blind the eyes of our enemies...