#colonies

The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as the Stamp Act did in 1765, Obamacare should act as a wake-up call. Chief Justice Roberts provides us with a similar call to action. ↗

— Rand Paul

#action #american #american revolution #call #chief

We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories. ↗

— Cecil Rhodes

#available #cheap #colonies #dumping #easily

The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with the singularly wise and free institutions of the Dutch. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#colonies #conquest #contact #dutch #free

Gentlemen may cry peace, peace- but there is no peace! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why should we idle here?...I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! ↗

— Patrick Henry

#revoultion #death

Our country presents on every side the evidences of that continued favor under whose auspices it, has gradually risen from a few feeble and dependent colonies to a prosperous and powerful confederacy. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#colonies #confederacy #continued #country #dependent

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#acknowledged #adequate #against #british #colonies

In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#colonies #labor #same #system

The colonies had little occasion to feel or to resent direct royal prerogative. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#direct #feel #had #little #occasion

The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#because #colonies #departments #england #government

This writer, and all others of his stamp, should remember that the colonies are now in a state of revolt and rebellion against their rightful sovereign. ↗

— James Chalmers

#colonies #his #now #others #rebellion