Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and NotesHarcourt, Brace, 1922 - 340 pages |
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... Empire . The Seven Years War had increased the national debt to $ 700,000,000 and it had become necessary to maintain a great navy and large standing armies in both Europe and America . Inasmuch as a consider- able portion of the annual ...
... Empire . The Seven Years War had increased the national debt to $ 700,000,000 and it had become necessary to maintain a great navy and large standing armies in both Europe and America . Inasmuch as a consider- able portion of the annual ...
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... Empire and asserted its willingness to pay all taxes justly levied in accordance with the English Constitution . Clashes between armed citizens and British troops , nevertheless , had already occurred more than once . John Wilkes rose ...
... Empire and asserted its willingness to pay all taxes justly levied in accordance with the English Constitution . Clashes between armed citizens and British troops , nevertheless , had already occurred more than once . John Wilkes rose ...
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... empire , you will decline , I fear , from the decision of this day ; and the Americans will rise in independence , to power , to all the greatness of the most renowned states - for they build on the solid basis of general public liberty ...
... empire , you will decline , I fear , from the decision of this day ; and the Americans will rise in independence , to power , to all the greatness of the most renowned states - for they build on the solid basis of general public liberty ...
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... Empire an amount " according to the condition , circumstances , and situation of such colony " satisfactory to the Gov- ernment . Although this bill conferred on the assem- blies merely the form of making grants and still re- tained for ...
... Empire an amount " according to the condition , circumstances , and situation of such colony " satisfactory to the Gov- ernment . Although this bill conferred on the assem- blies merely the form of making grants and still re- tained for ...
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... Empire would prob- ably have been avoided had not the House of Com- mons by a vote of 270 to 78 rejected his proposals . Members of Parliament who listened to Burke's words were not at the time sufficiently impressed to lend their votes ...
... Empire would prob- ably have been avoided had not the House of Com- mons by a vote of 270 to 78 rejected his proposals . Members of Parliament who listened to Burke's words were not at the time sufficiently impressed to lend their votes ...
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