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First Principles: The Colonies Are Striding Fast To Independence, and Ere Long Will Build An Empire Upon the Ruins of Great Britain; Will Adopt Its Constitution, Purged of Its Impurities

“The Colonies are striding fast to independence, and ere long will build an empire upon the ruins of Great Britain; will adopt its Constitution, purged of its impurities, and from an experience of its defects, will guard against those evils … Continue reading

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First Principles: On Monday, the Great Question of Independency and Total Separation From All Political Intercourse With Great Britain Will Come On. It Will Be Carried.

“On Monday the great question of independency and total separation from all political intercourse with Great Britain will come on. It will be carried, I expect, by a great majority, and then, I suppose we shall take upon us a … Continue reading

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First Principles: That These United Colonies Are, and of Right Ought To Be, Free and Independent States

“That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, … Continue reading

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First Principles: These United Colonies Are, and of A Right Ought To Be, Free and Independent States, That They Are Absolved From Allegiance To the British Crown

“That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, … Continue reading

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First Principles: Disarming the People Is the Most Effective Means of Enslaving Them

“Forty years ago, when the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual … Continue reading

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