A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797: Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to that Period, Volume 1 |
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... petition to the king - Complaints against Massachusetts - Committee of trade require an answer to these complaints ... Petitions and resolutions against them - Petitions reject- ed - Stamp Act passed - Excites great alarm in the colonies ...
... petition to the king - Complaints against Massachusetts - Committee of trade require an answer to these complaints ... Petitions and resolutions against them - Petitions reject- ed - Stamp Act passed - Excites great alarm in the colonies ...
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... petition for his removal --- East India company send tea to America --- Destroyed at Boston --- Boston port bill --- Alteration of Massachusetts charter --- These acts resisted in the colonies , CHAPTER VIII . Congress of the colonies ...
... petition for his removal --- East India company send tea to America --- Destroyed at Boston --- Boston port bill --- Alteration of Massachusetts charter --- These acts resisted in the colonies , CHAPTER VIII . Congress of the colonies ...
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... petition to the king , they pray may be confirmed to them , by new grants from him , with such privileges and further royalties as had been given to Lord Baltimore , " saving only , " they say , " that we submit ourselves to the ...
... petition to the king , they pray may be confirmed to them , by new grants from him , with such privileges and further royalties as had been given to Lord Baltimore , " saving only , " they say , " that we submit ourselves to the ...
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... petition to the commissioners . In this petition , they ask for the liberty , allowed to every British subject ; to know the charges alleged against them , before they were condemned . They were not called , they said , to answer to the ...
... petition to the commissioners . In this petition , they ask for the liberty , allowed to every British subject ; to know the charges alleged against them , before they were condemned . They were not called , they said , to answer to the ...
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... petition to the king , praying for a change from a proprie- tary to a royal government . Dr. Franklin was appointed agent to obtain this important alteration ; and for this purpose , in 1765 , went again to Eng- land . Other more ...
... petition to the king , praying for a change from a proprie- tary to a royal government . Dr. Franklin was appointed agent to obtain this important alteration ; and for this purpose , in 1765 , went again to Eng- land . Other more ...
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