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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... proprietary governments established in America . Some of those governments were far superior to others ; but the worst of all were those which took the form of chartered companies of mercantile adventurers ruling the colony from England ...
... proprietary governments established in America . Some of those governments were far superior to others ; but the worst of all were those which took the form of chartered companies of mercantile adventurers ruling the colony from England ...
Page 42
... proprietary adopted religious freedom as the basis of the state . " * " It is a singular fact , that the only proprietary charters productive of considerable emolument to their owners , were. * Bancroft , vol . i . p . 244 . * Bancroft ...
... proprietary adopted religious freedom as the basis of the state . " * " It is a singular fact , that the only proprietary charters productive of considerable emolument to their owners , were. * Bancroft , vol . i . p . 244 . * Bancroft ...
Page 43
... proprietary , as he was called , had certain powers granted him which were never seriously exercised . The advowson of all the churches was his ; so also was the power to create manors and courts baron , and of esta- blishing a sort of ...
... proprietary , as he was called , had certain powers granted him which were never seriously exercised . The advowson of all the churches was his ; so also was the power to create manors and courts baron , and of esta- blishing a sort of ...
Page 44
... proprietary , asserted their own right to make laws for themselves , and enacted a body of laws . Of this code , however , no record remains , as it was not ratified . † Shortly after , a regular system of representation was adopted ...
... proprietary , asserted their own right to make laws for themselves , and enacted a body of laws . Of this code , however , no record remains , as it was not ratified . † Shortly after , a regular system of representation was adopted ...
Page 63
... proprietary . They quarrelled with every governor that was sent ; and , in 1688 , their parliament formally deposed Colleton , the brother of the proprietary Sir John Colleton , and who had been created Landgrave , a title in Locke's ...
... proprietary . They quarrelled with every governor that was sent ; and , in 1688 , their parliament formally deposed Colleton , the brother of the proprietary Sir John Colleton , and who had been created Landgrave , a title in Locke's ...
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