Controversial Debate Over Prohibitory Trade Bill in Parliament
The deliberations center on a proposed prohibition of all trade with American colonies and fears voiced that labeling the colonies as a foreign nation could drive a split within the empire. Critics warn of indiscriminate English naval plunder of colonial goods and escalating tensions between Britain and its American colonies.
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America
England
North America
Atle
North-America
West Indies
West-India
North American
United Colonies
Congress
West-Indies
Indies
Providence
Sthly
Jam
Epos
Ghorge Washington
Nicholas Cooke
Rhodes Island
Falmouth
Mowat
Boston
Halifax
New York
Debates Over War Powers and Plunder in Parliament
A detailed antiwar memorial argues against rewarding private plunder in civil conflict, condemning pardons, military commissions, and forced service. It warns such measures threaten liberty, the rule of law, and loyalty of mariners, urging repeal and urging restraint on executive power.
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Admiralty
West India
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Peblerot
Lords
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Court of Admiralty
Nisters
Isouate
Papini
Imeriia
Richmond
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William
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Rockingham
Chedworth
Abingdon
Manchester
Philadelphia
House
Committee of Safety
Charles Thompson
Philadephia
Cambridge
Ortmouth
Pearson Jones
Prospect Hill
Emmy
Admiral Greaves
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Mowar
Newport
Nathaniel Green
Robert Murray Keith
Vienna
Boreas
Peter Parker
Lord Cornwallis
Bristol
Virginia
Yetterday
Clapton
John Derborough
East India Company
Tavs
India
South Sea
Ditto
Consol
Jos. Pr
Ities
Giorgia
Dartnouth
Swiffer
John J. Zubly
J. Almon
Lurtington House
Piccadilly
J. Bow
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