War of American IndependenceLongmans, 1889 - 247 էջ |
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... officers . Cessation of hostilities ( April 17 , 1783 ) . Congress threatened by mutineers Ratification of the treaties , Sept. 3 , 1783 ; the slave question Evacuation of New York , Nov. 25 , 1783 . Washington's farewell to his officers ...
... officers . Cessation of hostilities ( April 17 , 1783 ) . Congress threatened by mutineers Ratification of the treaties , Sept. 3 , 1783 ; the slave question Evacuation of New York , Nov. 25 , 1783 . Washington's farewell to his officers ...
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... officers , issue money , deal with the Indians , regulate trade , govern new settlements , raise soldiers , and levy ... officers killed , 37 wounded , and 714 privates , while the enemy lost only 3 officers and 30 men killed , and as ...
... officers , issue money , deal with the Indians , regulate trade , govern new settlements , raise soldiers , and levy ... officers killed , 37 wounded , and 714 privates , while the enemy lost only 3 officers and 30 men killed , and as ...
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... officers , who were henceforth to be appointed by the governor or the crown . In New York , as will be recollected , Leisler , the elected governor , after ruling for nearly two years in the king's name , was executed for nigh treason ...
... officers , who were henceforth to be appointed by the governor or the crown . In New York , as will be recollected , Leisler , the elected governor , after ruling for nearly two years in the king's name , was executed for nigh treason ...
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... officers of the fleet who were in the town , and detained them for three days . The House of Representatives had to mediate before they were re- leased , and most if not all of the impressed F 2 1713-48 . 67 Causes of Discontent .
... officers of the fleet who were in the town , and detained them for three days . The House of Representatives had to mediate before they were re- leased , and most if not all of the impressed F 2 1713-48 . 67 Causes of Discontent .
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... officers of the crown , including the judges , who were to hold office henceforth at its pleasure , and for the maintenance , after the first year , of twenty The attempt to raise a revenue from the colonies ; George Greaville ...
... officers of the crown , including the judges , who were to hold office henceforth at its pleasure , and for the maintenance , after the first year , of twenty The attempt to raise a revenue from the colonies ; George Greaville ...
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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 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 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 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 82 - An Act to discontinue, in such manner, and for such time as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading, or shipping, of goods, wares, and merchandise, at the town and within the harbour of Boston, in the province of Massachusetts Bay, in North America...
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 222 - If I were to be called upon to draw a picture of the times and of men, from what I have seen, heard, and in part know, I should in one word say that idleness, dissipation, and extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of most of them; that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men...
Էջ 228 - ... against your Protestant brethren ; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war! — hellhounds, . I say, of savage war.