 | Stephen L. Schechter - 1990 - 478 pages
...to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such Government as shall in the opinion of the Representatives of the People,...of their Constituents in particular, and America in general."3 Three weeks later, on May 31, George Washington warned of the vastness of the task: "To... | |
 | 1990 - 540 pages
...exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established" they should "adopt such Government as shall, in the Opinion of the Representatives of the People,...of their Constituents in particular and America in general."5 During the ensuing decade after Independence, the cardinal question in discussions about... | |
 | Colin Bonwick - 1991 - 354 pages
...the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...constituents in particular and America in general.' Such directions were all but equivalent to a declaration of independence, but five days later, on the... | |
 | Richard L. Bushman - 1992 - 298 pages
...the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such a government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...constituents in particular, and America in general. The explosive power of the preamble lay in its evocation of the terms of the ancient covenant with... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson - 1993 - 470 pages
...to the exigencies of their affairs hath been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people...constituents in particular and America in general." As a rule it was upon this advice that the colonies proceeded to frame for themselves new governments,... | |
 | Charles S. Hyneman - 1994 - 332 pages
...the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...of their constituents in particular, and America in general."8 America's Loyalists who aspired to put their opposition to independence on a foundation... | |
 | Jean Butenhoff Lee - 1994 - 428 pages
...Continental Congress recommended that the colonies provide for themselves "such government as shall . . . best conduce to the happiness and safety of their...constituents in particular, and America in general." The Maryland delegation, whose instructions did not encompass such a fateful step, withdrew from Congress... | |
 | Gordon S. Wood, Louise G. Wood - 1995 - 316 pages
...respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies . . . [should] adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...of their constituents in particular, and America in general."31 29. Adams. The American Enlightenment, ed. Koch, 252. 30. Robert E. Brown, Middle-Class... | |
 | St. George Tucker, William Blackstone - 2000 - 3301 pages
...exigencies of their affairs had been theretofore established, to adopt such " government, as should, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...to the happiness and safety of their constituents, m particular, " and America in general. Journals ot Congress, May 15, 1776." f Journal of the Convention.... | |
 | Richard N. Rosenfeld - 1998 - 1012 pages
...the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people,...of their constituents in particular, and America in general.79'1 Sunday, May 12, 1776. Today, John Adams writes his friend Massachusetts political leader... | |
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That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives... 
