 That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs hath been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives...  The Constitutional Review - Pàgina 261923Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Moore - 1921 - 430 pàgines
...justification was pleaded the resolution of the Continental Congress of May 15, 1776, recommending the assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies,...government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs hath been established, to adopt such government as shall conduce to the happiness and safety of their... | |
 | Charles Moore - 1921 - 426 pàgines
...justification was pleaded the resolution of the Continental Congress of May 15, 1776, recommending the assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies,..."where no government sufficient to the exigencies of then- affairs hath been established, to adopt such government as shall conduce to the happiness and... | |
 | William Henry Hudson, Irwin Scofield Guernsey - 1922 - 778 pàgines
...practically destroyed, and the colonies now turned to Congress for guidance. Its recommendation was that " the respective assemblies and conventions of the United...government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs hath been hitherto established," should proceed " to adopt such a government as shall in the opinion... | |
 | Edward Channing - 1922 - 724 pàgines
...of Congress and of the people had undergone a radical change. On May 15 (1776) Congress recommended "the respective assemblies and conventions of the...government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs hath been hitherto established, to adopt such a government as shall in the opinion of the representatives... | |
 | Thomas Willing - 1922 - 312 pàgines
...under the authority of the people of the colonies, for the preservation of internal peace, virtue, liberties, and properties, against the hostile invasions...depredations of their enemies; therefore, resolved," etc.M Of course the Congress had no legal power to control the government of Pennsylvania, nor to direct... | |
 | John Simpson Penman - 1923 - 754 pàgines
...principles of democracy. In accordance with a resolution passed in Congress in May, 1776, to the effect that "the respective assemblies and conventions of the...government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs hath been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives... | |
 | Jonathan Rawson - 1927 - 448 pàgines
...inde1o pendence this day when it passed this resolution proposed by John Adams of Massachusetts:— "Resolved, that it be recommended to the respective...government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs have been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives... | |
 | James Benjamin Wilbur - 1928 - 580 pàgines
...by John Adams to suppress governments under the Crown in the United Colonies, phrased as follows : Resolved: That it be recommended to the respective...government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs hath been hitherto established : to adopt such government, as shall, in the opinion of the representatives... | |
 | Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, George Edward Reed, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban - 1896 - 814 pàgines
...colonies, for the preservation of internal peace, virtue, and good order, as well as for the defence of their lives, liberties and properties, against...invasions and cruel depredations of their enemies; "Resolved, That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies,... | |
 | United States - 1959 - 1028 pàgines
...South Carolina, In Congress assembled at Philadelphia, Resolved on the 10th of May. 1778, to recommend hall be appointed from time to time, by Congress,...shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner had been established, to adopt such a government as should. In the opinion of the representatives of... | |
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