Cassell's History of the United States, Volume 2Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1874 - United States |
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... duty . Huske , already named , now repented of his eager- ness to promise a colonial revenue , and entreated a respite , that the colonists might speak for them- selves ; while Thomas Pownall , once Governor of Massachusetts , who ...
... duty . Huske , already named , now repented of his eager- ness to promise a colonial revenue , and entreated a respite , that the colonists might speak for them- selves ; while Thomas Pownall , once Governor of Massachusetts , who ...
Page 47
... Duty , and contemned the American colonists ' distinction between external and internal taxation as " perfect absurd ... duty on tea , imported exclu- sively from Great Britain , was indeed very small ( only threepence a pound ) , and ...
... Duty , and contemned the American colonists ' distinction between external and internal taxation as " perfect absurd ... duty on tea , imported exclu- sively from Great Britain , was indeed very small ( only threepence a pound ) , and ...
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... Duty - Burke's great Speech on the Policy of the past Ten Years - Expectant Attitude of Boston - Return of Gage , as ... Duty , they had formally asserted , by a Declaratory Act , the abstract right of Parliament to rule the colonies ...
... Duty - Burke's great Speech on the Policy of the past Ten Years - Expectant Attitude of Boston - Return of Gage , as ... Duty , they had formally asserted , by a Declaratory Act , the abstract right of Parliament to rule the colonies ...
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