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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... Opinions on the supremacy of parliament , and its right to tax the colonies . - The stamp act . - Congress at New York.- Violence in the towns . - Change of administration . - Stamp act repealed . - Opposition to the mutiny act . - Act ...
... Opinions on the supremacy of parliament , and its right to tax the colonies . - The stamp act . - Congress at New York.- Violence in the towns . - Change of administration . - Stamp act repealed . - Opposition to the mutiny act . - Act ...
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... opinion of himself and of his nation . When we consider that he sailed above three thou- sand miles in an open boat ; when we contemplate the dangers and the hardships he encountered ; when we reflect on the valuable additions he made ...
... opinion of himself and of his nation . When we consider that he sailed above three thou- sand miles in an open boat ; when we contemplate the dangers and the hardships he encountered ; when we reflect on the valuable additions he made ...
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... opinions , for the purpose of conducting a colony to the bay of Massachusetts , and rendering it an asylum for the persecuted of his own persuasion . In prosecution of these views , a treaty was concluded with the council of Plymouth ...
... opinions , for the purpose of conducting a colony to the bay of Massachusetts , and rendering it an asylum for the persecuted of his own persuasion . In prosecution of these views , a treaty was concluded with the council of Plymouth ...
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... opinion . Just escaped from persecution , they became persecutors themselves . Some few of their number , attached to the ritual of the church of England , were dissatisfied with its total abolition ; and , withdrawing • Robertson ...
... opinion . Just escaped from persecution , they became persecutors themselves . Some few of their number , attached to the ritual of the church of England , were dissatisfied with its total abolition ; and , withdrawing • Robertson ...
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... opinion that their non - conformity and conversation tended to sedi- 1629. tion , sent them to England . The ... opinions . Many persons of fortune determined to seek in the new world that li- berty of conscience which was denied them in ...
... opinion that their non - conformity and conversation tended to sedi- 1629. tion , sent them to England . The ... opinions . Many persons of fortune determined to seek in the new world that li- berty of conscience which was denied them in ...
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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...