History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America, Volume 1H. Gray, 1826 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 85
Página 23
... finally , that which was passed in 1733 , at the instance of the sugar colonies , which prohibited the importa- tion of sugar , rum , and molasses , from the French and Dutch colo- nies in North America , without paying an exorbitant ...
... finally , that which was passed in 1733 , at the instance of the sugar colonies , which prohibited the importa- tion of sugar , rum , and molasses , from the French and Dutch colo- nies in North America , without paying an exorbitant ...
Página 33
... Finally , it was to be expected , that , with the progressive increase of industry , the manufactures of the colonies might supply with their fabrics the neighboring colonies of Spain and Portugal . But , without anticipating the future ...
... Finally , it was to be expected , that , with the progressive increase of industry , the manufactures of the colonies might supply with their fabrics the neighboring colonies of Spain and Portugal . But , without anticipating the future ...
Página 41
... finally , it was given with a view of being one day repaid for it , the colonists are willing to come to a fair account , which , allowing for the assistance they themselves have often given the mother country , for what they must have ...
... finally , it was given with a view of being one day repaid for it , the colonists are willing to come to a fair account , which , allowing for the assistance they themselves have often given the mother country , for what they must have ...
Página 43
... Finally , as the money produced by these duties , according to the terms of the bill proposed , is required to be paid into the English treasury , the colonies , already impoverished by commercial prohibi- tions , must , in a short time ...
... Finally , as the money produced by these duties , according to the terms of the bill proposed , is required to be paid into the English treasury , the colonies , already impoverished by commercial prohibi- tions , must , in a short time ...
Página 44
... finally , nothing could be more different from the laws and cus- toms of the English colonies , and that inundation of northern barba- rians , who , at the fall of the Roman empire , invaded and occupied all Europe . Those emigrants ...
... finally , nothing could be more different from the laws and cus- toms of the English colonies , and that inundation of northern barba- rians , who , at the fall of the Roman empire , invaded and occupied all Europe . Those emigrants ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
History of the War of Independence of the United States of America, Volume 1 Carlo Botta Visualização integral - 1826 |
History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America, Volume 2 George Alexander Otis,Carlo Botta Pré-visualização indisponível - 2016 |
History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America George Alexander Otis,Carlo Botta Pré-visualização indisponível - 2015 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
acts of parliament affairs already Americans appeared ardor arms army arrived artillery assembly attack authority Boston Breed's Hill Britain British Canada cause Charlestown colonel colonies and plantations colonists command commerce Congress consent considered contrary corps crown Crown Point danger declared defend desire detachment effect enemy England English excited execution expedition extreme favor fear fire force garrison governor grant Hessians hope hundred Ile aux Noix independence inhabitants Island Jersey king land laws liberty lord lord Dunmore lord North loyalists manifested Massachusetts ment militia minds ministers multitude munitions nation officers opinions parliament party Philadelphia piece of vellum port pounds sterling present province Quebec received reenforcements resistance resolution resolved river royal sheet or piece ships skin or piece soldiers South Carolina stamp act stamp duty subjects succours Sullivan's Island taxes things tion troops vellum or parchment vessels victory Washington York
Passagens conhecidas
Página 49 - I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country. The people, I believe, are as truly loyal as any subjects the king has ; but a people jealous of their liberties, and who will vindicate them, if ever they should be violated. But the subject is too delicate ; I will say no more.
Página 87 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Página 48 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
Página 213 - In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birth-right, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it — for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before. With an humble confidence in the mercies of...
Página 135 - ... on a revision of them, restore us to that state in which both countries found happiness and prosperity, we have for the present only resolved to pursue the following peaceable measures: 1.
Página 87 - A great deal has been said without doors, of the power, of the strength of America. It is a topic that ought to be cautiously meddled with. In a good cause, on a sound bottom, the force of this country can crush America to atoms.
Página 86 - The commons of America, represented in their several assemblies, have ever been in possession of the exercise of this, their constitutional right, of giving and granting their own money. They would have been slaves if they had not enjoyed it.
Página 212 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Página 53 - America; and whereas it is just and necessary that provision be made for raising a further revenue within your Majesty's dominions in America...
Página 48 - They nourished by your indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule...