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Historical SummaryLORD NORTH’S unexpected offer of conciliation, in the form of the resolution following, was presented to the House of Commons, in Committee of the Whole, February 20, 1775. Although the proposal was generally unsatisfactory to the friends of the ministry, it was adopted by a vote of 274 to 88. On the 27th the resolution was reported to the House, and agreed to. REFERENCES. — Text in Force’s ib., 1597–1622. Public opinion in England is best exhibited in the Annual Register (1775). Dartmouth’s letter to the governors, March 3, urging acceptance of the proposition, is in Force, op. cit., Fourth Series, II., 27, 28.
No. 45.
Lord North’s Conciliatory Resolution
February 27, 1775
That it is the opinion of this Committee, that when the Governour, Council, and Assembly, or General Court, of any of his Majesty’s Provinces or Colonies in America, shall propose to make provision, according to the condition, circumstances, and situation of such Province or Colony, for contributing their proportion to the common defence, (such proportion to be raised under the authority of the General Court, or General Assembly, of such Province or Colony, and disposable by Parliament,) and shall engage to make provision also for the support of the Civil Government, and the Administration of Justice, in such Province or Colony, it will be proper, if such proposal shall be approved by his Majesty and the two Houses of Parliament, and for so long as such provision shall be made accordingly, to forbear, in respect of such Province or Colony, to levy any Duty, Tax, or Assessment, or to impose any farther Duty, Tax, or Assessment, except only such Duties as it may be expedient to continue to levy or to impose for the regulation of commerce; the nett produce of the Duties last mentioned to be carried to the account of such Province or Colony respectively.
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Chicago: Force, ed., "Lord North’s Conciliatory Resolution," American Archives in Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913, ed. William MacDonald (1863-1938) (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916), 172. Original Sources, accessed April 11, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UA47VCCY1LBJUK1.
MLA: . "Lord North’s Conciliatory Resolution." American Archives, edited by Force, Vol. I, in Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913, edited by William MacDonald (1863-1938), New York, The Macmillan Company, 1916, page 172. Original Sources. 11 Apr. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UA47VCCY1LBJUK1.
Harvard: (ed.), 'Lord North’s Conciliatory Resolution' in American Archives. cited in 1916, Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913, ed. , The Macmillan Company, New York, pp.172. Original Sources, retrieved 11 April 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UA47VCCY1LBJUK1.
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