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(New York, Harper and Rowe, 1969), 421.
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1 Ubbelohde, Carle. The American Colonies and the British Empire:1607 - 1763. (Arlington Heights, Ill. Davidson Inc, 1975) 2
2 Lloyd, Trevor Owen. The Short History of the Modern World: The British Empire 1558 - 1983. (Oxford, Eng. Oxford University Press, 1984) 3
3 Hibbert, Christopher. Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes. (New York, Avon Books, 1990) 5.
4 William Pitt, as well as other members or Parliament may have been to America, but they never traveled there while they were holding a position in Parliament.
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6 Lloyd, Trevor Owen. The Short History of the Modern World. 67.
7 Lloyd, Trevor Owen. The Short History of the Modern World. 66.
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15 Grenville, George. "Debate in the House of Commons: Ungrateful People of America" (1766). In The American Revolution Through British Eyes. Ed Martin Kallick and Andrew MacLeish. (New York, Harper and Rowe, 1969) 102.
16 An internal tax is similar to a sales tax. It is charged at the store in addition to the purchase price. An external tax is like an import tax. It is included in the purchase price of an item.
17 Pitt, William. In The American Revolution Through British Eyes. Ed Martin Kallick and Andrew MacLeish. (New York, Harper and Rowe, 1969) 365.
18 Herrison, Frederic. Chatham. (New York, MacMilan, 1905) 159.
19 Pitt, William. In The American Revolution Through British Eyes. Ed Martin Kallick and Andrew MacLeish. (New York, Harper and Rowe, 1969) 365.
20 It must be pointed out that the actions taken against any acts implimented by Parliament were only taken by the rebels. About one third of the colonists were in rebellion. The other two thirds were either Torries, or simply were not concerned one way or the other.
21 Grenville, George. In The American Revolution Through British Eyes. Ed Martin Kallick and Andrew MacLeish. (New York, Harper and Rowe, 1969) 101.
22 Hibbert, Christopher. Redcoats and Rebels. xvii - xviii.
23 Long J.C. George III: The Story of a Complex Man. (Boston, Mass, Little, Brown and Company, 1960), 178.
24 Long, J. C. George III. 178.
25 Lancaster, Bruce. The American Heritage Book of the American Revolution. (New York, 1958) 23.
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29 Long, J.C. George III. 179.
30 Grenville, George. In The American Revolution Through British Eyes. 102.
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34 Cone, Carl B. Burke and the Nature of Politics. 193.
35 Cone, Carl B. Burke and the Nature of Politics. 193.
36 Cone, Carl B. Burke and the Nature of Politics. 196.
37 The Quartering Act had been in place since 1765, and was only updated in 1774.
38 Long J. C. George III. 211.
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