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Show 38 T1113 RtonTs or BRIT A I N Ann CLAIMS or" AMERICAJ The opinions of this Nation concerning the Government ofthe Colonies, may be collected from the above 3'83. The authority of Parlia- 39 The Britilh Parliament confine d not to Acts, their {enle ofthe undoubted rig ht they pollelietl ment to bind America, in all carts whatfoever, and whenever the general intet'el'rof the whole Empire required it, was never dtfputed; ofcontrcnlimg the Colonies, in all Cites whatfoever . In the journals of both Houles, there are many Proceedings which furnilh proofs of their undeviating adherence to the fame prin- and it was often exerted to correct abuies, and to luppret'i: the ideas of independence, which began, even then, to be chertlhed by the‘Co- ciples. In the year 1702, a Bill was bro ugh t into the Houfe of Commons, for abolilhing all lcnies. The {tine principles, and the. lame the policy, were America, and re-uniting them to the Crown; tnrried down by Parliament Charter and Proprietary Govern ments in through the three l'uccecding reigns of (Eaten in Anne, and of George l. and George ll. Surly in the {it‘ll of thofe t'eigng, the grolTell feveral Refolutions on the By this Act the rates of carried into laws. But they did not fail , through Foreign Coin, tn the Plantations, werenlcertained; and n {were punifltment was itt‘ihd'ted (in tltotl‘: who {hould talie them at higher rates. The American trade was placed in the lame Rice and l‘vlulzzlles Were adned to the lift of enumerated commoditixt. In the reign of Gesrge l. Furrs and Copper-ore of the Plantations were {objected to the fame refiriétions. to of laws ltittttion. This proceeding was liltewile followed by a Bill for abolithin g tholi: Chan. tcrs. Thefe Bills, it mull be confeflEtl, were not pol'eg when the Councils of that Prtnctts were liament. came {ubiect declared thofe laws to be repugn ant ti» the laws of England, and deftruéti ve to the Con The interpofitton of Parliament became neCC'fliifV to ammo thole abules. An no was path in the 6th ot‘Q‘ueen Ann, for that pur- reign under further retiriétit'tns, by AC1: of t'tn's the Houfe of Lords enacted in leveral of theft: Govern ments. Thev nhufes were committed by the petty Legiflau titles in the Colonies, with rclpeét to Coin. guidtd by \Vhigs. 1705, any doubt entertained by the Leg illatute againll: their propriety. They were loft through a change in the fituation of thofe, who brought lto forward the mealure. That the opinion of the Iiegillature continued the lame on this ftibjct , is evident; as the fame propolition was aga in taken tp in the year 1716; when a VVHIG Minit'l‘ry governed the Kingdom. In the reign of(J";--:)t'ge ll. the ind unces of gjtl' te controuliug authority of Parliament ove r the The Colonies, |