The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... received these institutions from the Crown by executive instrument . Ordinarily Parliament did not interfere in colonial matters , but when aroused it freely asserted its absolute supremacy . Thus the ancient prerogative of the Crown to ...
... received these institutions from the Crown by executive instrument . Ordinarily Parliament did not interfere in colonial matters , but when aroused it freely asserted its absolute supremacy . Thus the ancient prerogative of the Crown to ...
Page 471
... received its constitution , the General Assembly , although not the Provincial Councils , received the power " to make Laws for regulating the Sale , Letting , Disposal , and Occu- pation of the Waste Lands of the Crown in New Zealand ...
... received its constitution , the General Assembly , although not the Provincial Councils , received the power " to make Laws for regulating the Sale , Letting , Disposal , and Occu- pation of the Waste Lands of the Crown in New Zealand ...
Page 694
... received self - government , wisely copied the example of the United States and created a better system of local administra- tion . But , as a rule , colonies with responsible Legislatures tended to centralise administration , and the ...
... received self - government , wisely copied the example of the United States and created a better system of local administra- tion . But , as a rule , colonies with responsible Legislatures tended to centralise administration , and the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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