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Common terms and phrasesAccomac appear arms army arrested assembly Calendar of Virginia Carolina carried Chesapeake colony command Committee of Safety Congress conservatives constitution Continental Association convention Cornwallis Council Journal county committees court danger December declared democratic disaffection Dunmore Dunmore's Edmund Pendleton elected enemy England English Executive communications fleet force George ginia Goodrich governor Henry's hostile House of Burgesses House of Delegates Ibid inimical invasion jail James Jefferson John June Lafayette land leaders Legislative Petitions letter loyalists Magazine of History ment merchants military militia Nansemond negroes Norfolk oath offenders parole party passed Patrick Henry patriots Peyton Randolph planters plundered political Portsmouth Princess Anne prisoners raid Randolph refused resistance Revolutionary Richard Henry Lee Richmond River Robert Carter Nicholas royal secure seized sent ships slaves South Stamp Act taxes tidewater tion Tories treason trial troops Virginia Gazette Virginia State Papers William Williamsburg Woodford Wormeley Yorktown Popular passagesPage 163 - I will tell you plainly that a certain set of aristocrats, for we have such monsters here, finding that their execrable system cannot be reared on such foundations, have to this time kept us at bay on the first line, which declares all men to be born equally free and independent. Page 223 - A few days will bring to me that relief which the constitution has prepared for those oppressed with the labours of my office and a long declared resolution of relinquishing it to abler hands has prepared my way for retirement to a private station... Page 216 - Substance not Circumstance is to be regarded while we have so many Foes in our bowels and environing us on every Side. He is a bad citizen who can entertain a doubt whether the Law will justify him in saving his Country or who will scruple to risk himself in support of the spirit of a Law where unavoidable Accidents have prevented a literal compliance with it. Page 46 - ... that it is the most ardent wish of this colony (and they were persuaded, of the whole continent of North America) to see a speedy return of those halcyon days when we lived a free and happy people. Page 224 - From a belief that, under the pressure of the invasion under which we were then laboring, the public would have more confidence in a Military chief, and that the Military commander, being invested with the Civil power also, both might be wielded with more energy, promptitude and effect for the defence of the state, I resigned the administration at the end of my second year, and General Nelson was appointed to succeed me. Page 224 - The very thought alone was treason against the people ; was treason against mankind in general ; as rivetting forever the chains which bow down their necks, by giving to their oppressors a proof, which they would have trumpeted through the universe, of the imbecility of republican government, in times of pressing danger, to shield them from harm. Page 222 - The delay and deficiencies of the first are beyond all expectation and if the calls on the latter do not produce sufficient reinforcements to you I shall candidly acknowledge that it is not in my power to do anything more than to represent to the General Assembly that unless they can provide more effectually for the execution of the laws it will be vain to call on militia. Page 162 - Our Convention is now employed in the great work of forming a constitution. My most esteemed republican form has many and powerful enemies. Page 196 - In a virtuous and free State no rewards can be so pleasing to sensible minds, as those which include the approbation of our fellow-citizens. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarThe Reverend John Wingate: An Economic Casualty of Revolutionary ...Otto Lohrenz - 1995 - Journal of American Culture Constitution of Virginia 1776Richard L Perry - 1978 - Sources of Our Liberties (Richard L. Perry ed.) Politics and Personal Life in the Era of Revolution: The Treatment ...Gregory Harkcom Stoner, Virginia Richmond “Potomac’s Valley shall become a domain we create: ” Commercialism ...Elizabeth Oliver Lee, Ronald L Lewis, Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Warren R Hofstra, Mary Lou Lustig ... References from web pagesTHE REVOLUTION IN VIRGINIA; REVOLUTION IN VIRGINIA. By hj ... JSTOR: The Revolution in Virginia The Revolution in Virginia Webography, Revolution Michael A. mcdonnell | Class War? Class Struggles during the ... Virginia Gregory H. Stoner 2006 All Rights Reserved Sørfronten under den amerikanske uavhengighetskrigen - Wikipedia Bibliographic information
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