The Colonies of England: A Plan for the Government of Some Portion of Our Colonial Possessions"Chiefly British North America, but New Zealand 'not of a size to need more than one Provincial Government'--p. 164-5"--Bagnall. |
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... council residing within its limits . The members of the superior council in England were ap- pointed exclusively by the king , and the tenure of their office was his good pleasure . Over the colonial councils the king likewise ...
... council residing within its limits . The members of the superior council in England were ap- pointed exclusively by the king , and the tenure of their office was his good pleasure . Over the colonial councils the king likewise ...
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... council , in appointing which they had no voice ; to the control of a superior council in England which had no sympathy with their rights ; and , finally , to the. * Bancroft , History of America , vol . i . p . 121-3 . + The worst sort ...
... council , in appointing which they had no voice ; to the control of a superior council in England which had no sympathy with their rights ; and , finally , to the. * Bancroft , History of America , vol . i . p . 121-3 . + The worst sort ...
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... council in England was permitted to name the colonial council , which was constituted a pure aristocracy , entirely independent of the emigrants whom they were to govern ; having power to elect or remove its president , to remove any of ...
... council in England was permitted to name the colonial council , which was constituted a pure aristocracy , entirely independent of the emigrants whom they were to govern ; having power to elect or remove its president , to remove any of ...
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... council , who also possessed full legislative authority in cases not affecting life or limb . Kindness to the savages was enjoined , with the use of all proper means for their conversion . It was further and most unwisely , though ...
... council , who also possessed full legislative authority in cases not affecting life or limb . Kindness to the savages was enjoined , with the use of all proper means for their conversion . It was further and most unwisely , though ...
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... council in London ; but exercised , in reality , uncontrolled authority over the emigrants . These last , through whose labour and skill the colony was to be actually founded , were left wholly out of consideration . They had no means ...
... council in London ; but exercised , in reality , uncontrolled authority over the emigrants . These last , through whose labour and skill the colony was to be actually founded , were left wholly out of consideration . They had no means ...
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