 | Lisa Frederiksen Bohannon - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 96 pages
...in Philadelphia, introduced a resolution. It stated, "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. . . . and that all political connection between them and the The German mercenaries fright) who fought in the American Revolution were commonly known... | |
 | Dale Anderson - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 54 pages
...resolution. 38 Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee moved that, "These united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states; . . . and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved." John Adams seconded the... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - History - 2007 - 398 pages
...that Congress adopt another resolution, a declaration "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States . . . and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be totally dissolved." His resolution included... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - Literature - 1863 - 888 pages
...and with his clear, musical voice, read the resolution, "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States; and that...connection between us and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." John Adams, of Massachusetts, sec! onded the resolution. It was... | |
 | American literature - 1876 - 1022 pages
...consideration of the Continental Congress: "Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent States; and that...connection between us and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." There was another resolution concerning a reference of the matter.... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - Flag Day - 1917 - 260 pages
...the and of July, 1776, the American Congress resolved " that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States ; and that all political connection between us and the states of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." On the 4th of July a declaration of... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - Flag Day - 1912 - 232 pages
...the 2nd of July, 1776, the American Congress resolved " that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States ; and that all political connection between us and the states of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." On the 4th of July a declaration of... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1852 - 874 pages
...of this committee was made, was as follows : " Resolved, That these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states, and that all political connection between them and Great Britain is, and of right ought to be totally dissolved." This resolution was first proposed... | |
 | CHARLES LEMUEL THOMPSON, D.D., LL.D. - 1917 - 324 pages
...June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, moved in Congress " that these united colonies are and ought to be free and independent states, and that all political connection between them and Great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved." Here was material for Thomas Jefferson... | |
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That these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; and that all political connection between us and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. 
