Sentences with 'revised'

Example sentences and phrases with the word revised and other words derived from it.


« To break the stalemate, the British revised their strategy and turned their attention to the southern colonies, where they could expect more support from loyalists. »
« The farmers wanted their debts forgiven and demanded that the 1780 constitution be revised to address citizens beyond the wealthy elite who could sit in the legislature. »
« The constituencies had not been revised to reflect changes in population since the 18th century, and thus the North was grossly under-represented. There were also "rotten boroughs", constituencies with no one in them that were remotely controlled by a lord. One of them was a pasture. Another, called Dunwich, was literally under water; due to changes in the dykes, it had been flooded for centuries. Yet it still sent a representative to parliament, namely the descendant of the lords who had controlled it before it was submerged. »

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