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Page 41
The ministry valued themselves when this act passed , and when they gave
notice of the Stamp Act , that both of the duties came very short of their ideas of
American taxation . Great was the applause of this measure here . In England we
cried ...
The ministry valued themselves when this act passed , and when they gave
notice of the Stamp Act , that both of the duties came very short of their ideas of
American taxation . Great was the applause of this measure here . In England we
cried ...
Page 42
crushed with those which the war and their own grants had brought upon them .
Sir , it has been said in the debate , that , when the first American revenue act (
the act in 1764 , imposing the port - duties ) passed , the Americans did not object
...
crushed with those which the war and their own grants had brought upon them .
Sir , it has been said in the debate , that , when the first American revenue act (
the act in 1764 , imposing the port - duties ) passed , the Americans did not object
...
Page 43
Mr. Grenville well knew that the colony agents could have no general powers to
consent to it ; and they had no time to consult their assemblies for particular
powers , before he passed his first revenue act . If you compare dates , you will
find it ...
Mr. Grenville well knew that the colony agents could have no general powers to
consent to it ; and they had no time to consult their assemblies for particular
powers , before he passed his first revenue act . If you compare dates , you will
find it ...
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olution for laying a stamp - duty on America , between that time and the passing
the Stamp Act into a law he told a considerable and most respectable merchant ,
a member of this House , whom I am truly sorry I do not now see in his place ...
olution for laying a stamp - duty on America , between that time and the passing
the Stamp Act into a law he told a considerable and most respectable merchant ,
a member of this House , whom I am truly sorry I do not now see in his place ...
Page 50
He did this when he passed the Declara : tory Act . It is now given out , for the
usual purposes , by the usual emissaries , that Lord Rockingham did not consent
to the repeal of this act until he was bullied into it by Lord Chatham ; and the ...
He did this when he passed the Declara : tory Act . It is now given out , for the
usual purposes , by the usual emissaries , that Lord Rockingham did not consent
to the repeal of this act until he was bullied into it by Lord Chatham ; and the ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, and Company, 1881 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2013 |
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