Sources of the Constitution of the United States, Considered in Relation to Colonial and English HistoryMacmillan and Company, 1894 - 277 páginas |
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... Congress assembled . Gatherings , similar in principle , had been held on other occasions in colonial experience without involving a denial either of the civil rights of individual colonies or of the authority of the mother - country ...
... Congress assembled . Gatherings , similar in principle , had been held on other occasions in colonial experience without involving a denial either of the civil rights of individual colonies or of the authority of the mother - country ...
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Charles Ellis Stevens. slowly shaped the issue , and the Congress was forced more and more into acts involving the assumption of sovereign power , and plainly inconsistent with loyalty to - battle of Lexington - so strong was the Anglo ...
Charles Ellis Stevens. slowly shaped the issue , and the Congress was forced more and more into acts involving the assumption of sovereign power , and plainly inconsistent with loyalty to - battle of Lexington - so strong was the Anglo ...
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... Congress recom- mended to the several conventions and assemblies of the colonies the establishment of independent governments for maintenance of internal peace , and the defence of their lives , liberties , and proper- ties . ' Before ...
... Congress recom- mended to the several conventions and assemblies of the colonies the establishment of independent governments for maintenance of internal peace , and the defence of their lives , liberties , and proper- ties . ' Before ...
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... Congress be- came essentially a revolutionary body . Its existence was simply the result of an emergency created by the need of united opposition to the home authorities . Its powers rested upon the acquiescence of the several colonies ...
... Congress be- came essentially a revolutionary body . Its existence was simply the result of an emergency created by the need of united opposition to the home authorities . Its powers rested upon the acquiescence of the several colonies ...
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... congress was established in which each State , whatever the number of its representatives , from two to seven , had but a single vote . This Congress also , like the States General of the Netherlands in the early days , exercised all ...
... congress was established in which each State , whatever the number of its representatives , from two to seven , had but a single vote . This Congress also , like the States General of the Netherlands in the early days , exercised all ...
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