A History of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their IndependenceA. Small, 1824 - 486 страници |
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... late president saw , with regret , another placed above him . As unworthy minds most readily devise unworthy means , he sought , by intriguing with the factious , and fomenting their discontents , to regain his lost authority ; and when ...
... late president saw , with regret , another placed above him . As unworthy minds most readily devise unworthy means , he sought , by intriguing with the factious , and fomenting their discontents , to regain his lost authority ; and when ...
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... of the affairs of the province was committed . No assembly was mentioned , nor was it intended to permit the continuance of that body , for , to the popu CHAP . II . lar shape of the late system AMERICAN COLONIES . 63.
... of the affairs of the province was committed . No assembly was mentioned , nor was it intended to permit the continuance of that body , for , to the popu CHAP . II . lar shape of the late system AMERICAN COLONIES . 63.
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... late company , and to apply it to the public use ; and to transport the colonists to England , to be punished there for crimes committed in Virginia . To complete this hateful system , the crown exacted a monopoly of the tobacco trade ...
... late company , and to apply it to the public use ; and to transport the colonists to England , to be punished there for crimes committed in Virginia . To complete this hateful system , the crown exacted a monopoly of the tobacco trade ...
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... late in the season again to put to sea in search of a new habitation . After exploring the coast , they chose a position for their station , to which Settlement they gave the name of New Plymouth . On the 11th Plymouth . of November ...
... late in the season again to put to sea in search of a new habitation . After exploring the coast , they chose a position for their station , to which Settlement they gave the name of New Plymouth . On the 11th Plymouth . of November ...
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... late , and from which these disturbances in the state have arisen , have been about the authority of the magistrate and the liberty of the people . Magistracy is certainly an appoint- ment from God . We take an oath to govern you ...
... late , and from which these disturbances in the state have arisen , have been about the authority of the magistrate and the liberty of the people . Magistracy is certainly an appoint- ment from God . We take an oath to govern you ...
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Страница 467 - That the laws made by them for the purposes aforesaid shall not be repugnant, but, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England, and shall be transmitted to the King in Council for approbation, as soon as may be after their passing; and if not disapproved within three years after presentation, to remain in force.
Страница 205 - British subjects, likewise all Nova Scotia or Acadia, with its ancient boundaries, as also the city of Port Royal, now called Annapolis Royal, and all other things in those parts, which depend on the said lands...
Страница 473 - British constitution; that it is an essential, unalterable right, in nature, engrafted into the British constitution, as a fundamental law, and ever held sacred and irrevocable by the subjects within the realm, that what a man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but cannot be taken from him without his consent...
Страница 483 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Страница 449 - But why should we enumerate our injuries in detail ? By one statute it is declared, that Parliament can " of right make laws to bind us in all cases whatsoever." What is to defend us against so enormous, so unlimited a power? Not a single man of those who assume it, is chosen by us ; or is subject to our...
Страница 484 - It is indispensably necessary to good government, and rendered essential by the English constitution, that the constituent branches of the legislature be independent of each other; that, therefore, the exercise of legislative power in several colonies, by a council appointed, during pleasure, by the crown, is unconstitutional, dangerous and destructive to the freedom of American legislation.
Страница 470 - That his majesty's subjects in these colonies owe the same allegiance to the crown of Great Britain that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body th.e Parliament of Great Britain.
Страница 482 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Страница 467 - That they may appoint a general treasurer and particular treasurer in each government when necessary ; and from time to time may order the sums in the treasuries of each...
Страница 473 - American subjects, who acknowledge themselves bound by the ties of allegiance, have an equitable claim to the full enjoyment of the fundamental rules of the British constitution...