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Chapter X The Townshend Revenue Acts (1766-1767)
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- Written by: G.E. Howard
- Category: Preliminaries of the Revolution, 1763-1775, by G.E. Howard
The Declaratory Act has been represented as the price paid by a weak and divided ministry for the repeal of the stamp tax, as a solace to the offended pride and dignity of the British Parliament. This view was supported in the debate on the motion to repeal the act in 1777, and there is other evidence to sustain it. If such, indeed, be the truth, it shows only more clearly how serious was the dilemma in which the short-sighted policy of Grenville had involved the government.
Chapter IX The Repeal Of The Stamp Act (1766)
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- Written by: G.E. Howard
- Category: Preliminaries of the Revolution, 1763-1775, by G.E. Howard
A Month before the bursting of the storm aroused by its policy, the Grenville ministry had fallen. It was driven from office under circumstances which revealed that a struggle for constitutional liberty must be waged on both sides of the sea. The king had never given full confidence to his cabinet, and he continued to take secret counsel with his favorite, the Earl of Bute, under whose direction the new administration was formed.
Chapter X Shays' Rebellion (1786-1787)
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- Written by: A.C. McLaughlin
- Category: The Confederation and the Constitution, 1783-1789, by A.C. McLaughlin
Bad as were the follies of petulant Rhode Island, they seem to have caused little dismay to the conservative men of other states; but events were at the same time taking place in Massachusetts which startled sober-minded and law-abiding citizens everywhere.
Chapter IX Paper Money (1781-1788)
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- Written by: A.C. McLaughlin
- Category: The Confederation and the Constitution, 1783-1789, by A.C. McLaughlin
All through the period of which we have been speaking about, the monetary conditions of the country were in confusion. There were so many different kinds of money in circulation that to calculate the value of any piece was a serious arithmetical problem.