Rule and Misrule of the English in AmericaHarper & Brothers, 1851 - 379 halaman This book analyzes the actions of the British government upon the colonial governments of America, including Canada, Quebec, and others. The author discusses the various troubles, overall restlessness, and effectiveness of the British response to such. |
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... colonists gradually assumed all the prerogatives of government , even the power , after some hesita tion , of capital punishment . No less than eight offenses are enu- merated in the first Plymouth Code as punishable with death , in ...
... colonists gradually assumed all the prerogatives of government , even the power , after some hesita tion , of capital punishment . No less than eight offenses are enu- merated in the first Plymouth Code as punishable with death , in ...
Halaman 32
... colonists for this persecution . * " Should the emigrants give up the very purpose for which they had crossed the Atlantic ? should hierarchy intrude upon their devotions in the forests of Massachusetts ? They deemed the co - existence ...
... colonists for this persecution . * " Should the emigrants give up the very purpose for which they had crossed the Atlantic ? should hierarchy intrude upon their devotions in the forests of Massachusetts ? They deemed the co - existence ...
Halaman 34
... colonists did not wish to see , the really wide difference between the practice under their Charter , and the meaning of the instrument on the principles of English juris- prudence . " Kent and Story are of the same opinion , and so is ...
... colonists did not wish to see , the really wide difference between the practice under their Charter , and the meaning of the instrument on the principles of English juris- prudence . " Kent and Story are of the same opinion , and so is ...
Halaman 54
... Colonists assume the Right of making Treaties - Free Trade with the Narragansetts - Offer of hereditary Rank made by Lord Say and Sele - Reasons for declining it- Petition of the People debarred of civil Rights for Nonconformity - They ...
... Colonists assume the Right of making Treaties - Free Trade with the Narragansetts - Offer of hereditary Rank made by Lord Say and Sele - Reasons for declining it- Petition of the People debarred of civil Rights for Nonconformity - They ...
Halaman 65
... colonists were apprised of this measure , they prepared to counteract it . The ministers , whom no test could bind , and who were ever foremost in opposing the king's au- thority , were convened by the magistrates , and appealed to for ...
... colonists were apprised of this measure , they prepared to counteract it . The ministers , whom no test could bind , and who were ever foremost in opposing the king's au- thority , were convened by the magistrates , and appealed to for ...
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