The Debate on the American Revolution, 1761-1783Max Beloff N. Kaye, 1949 - 303 páginas |
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... charters have been threatened with destruction an hundred and forty years past . I wish the present enemies of those harm- less charters would reflect a moment , and be con- vinced that an act of parliament that should demolish those ...
... charters have been threatened with destruction an hundred and forty years past . I wish the present enemies of those harm- less charters would reflect a moment , and be con- vinced that an act of parliament that should demolish those ...
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... charters stand in the way . But they will meet with unsurmountable obstacles to their project for enslaving the British colonies , should these , arising from provincial charters be removed . It would indeed seem very hard and severe ...
... charters stand in the way . But they will meet with unsurmountable obstacles to their project for enslaving the British colonies , should these , arising from provincial charters be removed . It would indeed seem very hard and severe ...
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... charter that ever pretended to grant such a privilege to any colony in America ; and had they granted it , it could have had no force ; their charters being derived from the Crown , and no charter from the Crown can pos- sibly supersede ...
... charter that ever pretended to grant such a privilege to any colony in America ; and had they granted it , it could have had no force ; their charters being derived from the Crown , and no charter from the Crown can pos- sibly supersede ...
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INTRODUCTION by Max Beloff | 3 |
James Otis | 24 |
George Grenville | 29 |
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