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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... sovereign people , they esta- blished many new states , and added them to the great federal union . All these new communities , which thus became members of the republic , were originally colonies , planted and maintained by the United ...
... sovereign people , they esta- blished many new states , and added them to the great federal union . All these new communities , which thus became members of the republic , were originally colonies , planted and maintained by the United ...
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... sovereign . Yet , bad as was this system , the re- servation of power to the king a result of his vanity rather than of his ambition - had at least the advantage of mitigating the action of a commercial corporation . The check would ...
... sovereign . Yet , bad as was this system , the re- servation of power to the king a result of his vanity rather than of his ambition - had at least the advantage of mitigating the action of a commercial corporation . The check would ...
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... Sovereign , but which , under the advice of Cecil , had been granted to the corporation . A quo warranto was issued ; and the Company was called upon for its defence . Commissioners were now again sent to the colony ; there they found ...
... Sovereign , but which , under the advice of Cecil , had been granted to the corporation . A quo warranto was issued ; and the Company was called upon for its defence . Commissioners were now again sent to the colony ; there they found ...
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... sovereigns of the province , extending from the thirty - sixth degree of north latitude to the river San Matheo . Their rule was nearly absolute under the charter which they had obtained from the dissolute and reckless Charles , under ...
... sovereigns of the province , extending from the thirty - sixth degree of north latitude to the river San Matheo . Their rule was nearly absolute under the charter which they had obtained from the dissolute and reckless Charles , under ...
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... Sovereign , and the rights of the colonists . " ‡ But these great powers availed nothing . Colonists had already come from Virginia and Massachuserts , men determined to govern themselves after their own fashion . They * Bancroft , vol ...
... Sovereign , and the rights of the colonists . " ‡ But these great powers availed nothing . Colonists had already come from Virginia and Massachuserts , men determined to govern themselves after their own fashion . They * Bancroft , vol ...
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