Edmund Burke's Speech on Conciliation with AmericaLongmans, Green, 1896 - 164 pages |
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Page xii
... colonists of their rights as the king's natural - born subjects and English- men , in levying subsidies upon them against their own con- sent . " In 1732 the American colonists were forbidden to export hats ; in 1750 they were forbidden ...
... colonists of their rights as the king's natural - born subjects and English- men , in levying subsidies upon them against their own con- sent . " In 1732 the American colonists were forbidden to export hats ; in 1750 they were forbidden ...
Page xiv
... colonists . American opposition was disarmed by the repeal of the Stamp Act ; statues were voted to Pitt and to the king ; re- moval of the active cause of irritation brought back the old spirit of loyalty ; while at home the Parliament ...
... colonists . American opposition was disarmed by the repeal of the Stamp Act ; statues were voted to Pitt and to the king ; re- moval of the active cause of irritation brought back the old spirit of loyalty ; while at home the Parliament ...
Page xv
... colonists had been urged so far that three ships in the port of Boston bringing cargoes of tea upon which duty was to be raised , were boarded and their tea thrown into the dock . The Duke of Grafton's Ministry had been succeeded by ...
... colonists had been urged so far that three ships in the port of Boston bringing cargoes of tea upon which duty was to be raised , were boarded and their tea thrown into the dock . The Duke of Grafton's Ministry had been succeeded by ...
Page xvi
... colonists resisted and Chatham applauded their re- sistance ; how by Rockingham , with Burke at his side , the stamp duty was repealed , while with the repealing act was unhappily coupled , to save imperial honour , a declaration of the ...
... colonists resisted and Chatham applauded their re- sistance ; how by Rockingham , with Burke at his side , the stamp duty was repealed , while with the repealing act was unhappily coupled , to save imperial honour , a declaration of the ...
Page xvii
... colonists just acquiesced in an act declaring the power of Par- liament to bind them in all cases ? Out of the jurisdiction of Parliament they could not pretend to be , since they had sub- mitted to laws made by Parliament respecting ...
... colonists just acquiesced in an act declaring the power of Par- liament to bind them in all cases ? Out of the jurisdiction of Parliament they could not pretend to be , since they had sub- mitted to laws made by Parliament respecting ...
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