 America,' &c. by imposing taxes on the inhabitants of these colonies; and the said act, and several other acts, by extending the jurisdiction of the courts of admiralty beyond its ancient limits, have a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties...  The life of George Washington - Seite 98von John Marshall - 1804Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1905 - 432 Seiten
...recent acts of Parliament laying stamp duties and extending the jurisdiction of the courts of admiralty "have a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonies." Indirect taxes are not squarely repudiated as unconstitutional; but the recent restrictions... | |
 | Carl Lotus Becker - 1918 - 288 Seiten
...but by their respective legislatures. " The Stamp Act, being a direct tax, was therefore declared to have a "manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonies. " Of the Sugar Act, which was not a direct tax, so much could not be said; but this act was... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1920 - 238 Seiten
...other acts, by extending the jurisdiction of the courts of admiralty beyond its ancient limits, have a tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the...circumstances of these colonies, will be extremely burdensome and grievous, and, from the scarcity of specie, the payment of them absolutely impracticable.... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson, James Henry Breasted, Emma Peters Smith - 1921 - 936 Seiten
...arguments, representatives of the colonies met in New York in 1765 and denounced the Stamp Act as indicating "a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonists." The unpopular stamp tax was repealed, in spite of the opposition of King George III, who, with some... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard - 1921 - 776 Seiten
...arguments, representatives of the colonies met in New York in 1765 and denounced the Stamp Act as indicating "a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonists." The unpopular stamp tax was repealed, in spite of the views of King George III, who, with some of the... | |
 | California - 1922 - 412 Seiten
...its ancient limits, have a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonists. 9. That the duties imposed by several late acts of Parliament,...specie, the payment of them absolutely impracticable. 10. That as the profits of the trade of these colonies ultimately center in Great Britain, to pay for... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson, Erma Peters Smith, James Henry Breasted - 1924 - 890 Seiten
...body. Representatives of the colonies met in New York in 1765 and denounced the Stamp Act as indicating "a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonists.'^ The unpopular stamp tax was repealed, in spite of the opposition of King George III, who, with some... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson - 1926 - 680 Seiten
...contention, representatives of the colonies met in New York in 1765 and denounced the Stamp Act as indicating "a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonists." The unpopular stamp tax was repealed, in spite of the views of King George III, who, with some of the... | |
 | 1926 - 328 Seiten
...and several other acts, by extending the jurisdiction of the courts of admiralty beyond its ancient limits, have a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and liberties of the colonists. gth. That the duties imposed by several late acts of parliament, from the peculiar circumstances of... | |
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