 | John Alexander Jameson - History - 1867 - 582 pages
...cruel depredations of their enemies, therefore, — " Resolved, That it be recommended to the several Assemblies and Conventions of the united colonies,...government, sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, hath been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives... | |
 | Bunford Samuel - Constitutional law - 1920 - 416 pages
...powers of government under the authority of the people of these colonies should be exerted. That it recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions...united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigency of their affairs hath been hitherto established, to adopt such a government, as shall, in... | |
 | Everett Kimball - Political Science - 1920 - 656 pages
...Congress took a bolder tone, and in response to the repeated requests from the states recommended that " where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, [the states] adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best... | |
 | Charles Moore - Architecture - 1921 - 430 pages
...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... | |
 | Walter Hill Crockett - Judges - 1921 - 698 pages
...on the 15th day of May AD 1776, in a similar case, pass the following resolution, viz.: ' 'Resolved That it be recommended to the respective assemblies...conventions of the United Colonies, where no government is sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs hath been hitherto established to adopt such government,... | |
 | Charles Moore - Architecture - 1921 - 426 pages
...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... | |
 | Lyon Gardiner Tyler - Genealogy - 1921 - 338 pages
...been argued that the resolutions adopted by Congress on May 10, recommending to the Colonies, "when no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to form such government as might conduce to their happiness in particular and that of America in general,"... | |
 | Thomas Willing - Merchants - 1922 - 312 pages
...colonies, under the authority of the people." Whereas said resolve is only a conditional recommendation "to the respective Assemblies and Conventions of the...sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been established, to adopt such governments as shall, in the opinion of the Representatives of the People,... | |
 | William Henry Hudson, Irwin Scofield Guernsey - United States - 1922 - 778 pages
...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 - United States - 1922 - 724 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
