Executives throughout British history as well as in the colonial ... their shipping would be subject to capture. Under a declaration of war, one’s own navy and privateers could not be treated ...

This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the ... at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking ...

During the escalating conflicts with the British army, some African Americans ... In his first version of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote a scathing indictment of King ...

Of all his writings, Thomas Jefferson's most famous and far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence ... describing it as "a cruel war against human nature." ...

It also prevents sneaky attacks in advance of a declaration of war being ethically acceptable as part of a Just War. The example usually quoted of an attack before a declaration of war is the ...

In March, the Harvard Athletic Association considered breaking off all athletic activities, in the event of a declaration of war. Several days later, both Yale and Cornell were considering similar ...

(3) Restricted town meetings; (4) Royal officials charged with capital offenses could remove their trial to Britain; (5) Ordered owners of private dwellings to accommodate British soldiers.