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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 11: (search)
power; and if the majority of parliament think they ought not to set these bounds, then they should give a share of the election of the legislature to the American colonies, otherwise the liberties of America, I do not say will be lost, but will be in danger; and they cannot be injured without danger to the liberties of Great Britain. R. Jackson's Letter of 7 June, 1765, in Connecticut Gazette, of 9 Aug. 1765. Knox's Extra-official State Papers, II. 31. R. Jackson to William Johnson, 5 April, 1774, and 30 November, 1784. Thus calmly reasoned Jackson. Grenville urged chap. XI.} 1765. Feb. the house not to suffer themselves to be moved by resentment. One member, however, referred with asperity to the votes of New-York and Massachusetts, and the house generally seemed to hold that America was as virtually represented in parliament as the great majority of the inhabitants of Great Britain. Isaac Barre, the companion and friend of Wolfe, sharer of the dangers and glories of Lo
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 29: (search)
e amount of the American revenue; the national exchequer was to receive no more than the crumbs that fell from his table. Hartley's Letters on the American War, 59. The proposition bore on its face the mark of owing its parentage to the holders and patrons of American offices; Compare De Kalb to Choiseul, 16 Oct. 1768; and Franklin, IV. 388. and yet it was received in the House with general favor. Richard Jackson was not regarded, when he spoke Richard Jackson to W. S. Johnson, 5 April, 1774; and Same to Same, 30 Nov. 1784. against the duties themselves, and foretold the mischiefs that would ensue. Grenville who must have shed tears of spite, if he Chap. XXIX.} 1767. May. could not have croaked out a presage of evil, Burke's Works, i. 255. Am. ed. heard with malignant joy one of the repealers of his Stamp Act propose a revenue from Port Duties. You are deceived, said he; I tell you, you are deceived The Americans will laugh at you for your distinctions. He spoke ag
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 52: (search)
ortitude. The members of the Committee knew how momentous was the revolution which they were accomplishing. We have enlisted, they said, in the cause of our country, and are resolved at all adventures to promote its welfare; should we succeed, our names will be held up by future generations with that unfeigned plaudit, with which we now recount the great deeds of our worthy ancestors. The Committee of Boston, to the Gentlemen Committee of Correspondence for the Town of Winchendon, 5 April, 1774. Meantime, New-York gave proof that the union Chap. LII.} 1774. April. was perfect; on the nineteenth, while the House of Commons was voting not to repeal the duty on tea, its people sent back the tea-ship which had arrived but the day before; and eighteen chests of tea, found on board of another vessel, were hoisted on deck and emptied into the slip. America had chosen her part, so too had the British Ministry. The second penal Bill for the Government of Massachusetts Bay, whi