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... retreat , and the parliament could not hear , with patience , its authority to tax America , called in question . Accordingly , many voted in favor of the bill , because they believed it just and expedient ; others , be- cause the ...
... retreat , and the parliament could not hear , with patience , its authority to tax America , called in question . Accordingly , many voted in favor of the bill , because they believed it just and expedient ; others , be- cause the ...
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... retreat , and on entering the town a hot skirmish ensued . A great number were killed on both sides . The light infantry having joined the main body of the de- tachment , the English retreated precipitately towards Lexington ; already ...
... retreat , and on entering the town a hot skirmish ensued . A great number were killed on both sides . The light infantry having joined the main body of the de- tachment , the English retreated precipitately towards Lexington ; already ...
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... retreat , without opposition ; but their departure was accompanied with a circumstance , which , if it was not the effect of a barbarous intention , ought at least to have been prevented with the most sedulous care ; among the sick ...
... retreat , without opposition ; but their departure was accompanied with a circumstance , which , if it was not the effect of a barbarous intention , ought at least to have been prevented with the most sedulous care ; among the sick ...
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... retreat . The Americans , having been apprised of it , on the very day appointed for the attack , stood much upon their guard . Whether from this motive , or some other more probable , the English general altered his resolution , and ...
... retreat . The Americans , having been apprised of it , on the very day appointed for the attack , stood much upon their guard . Whether from this motive , or some other more probable , the English general altered his resolution , and ...
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... retreat , and drew off his men . While the left wing and centre of the English army were thus engaged , the light infantry had impetuously attacked the palisades , which the provincials had erected , in haste , upon the bank of the ...
... retreat , and drew off his men . While the left wing and centre of the English army were thus engaged , the light infantry had impetuously attacked the palisades , which the provincials had erected , in haste , upon the bank of the ...
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