The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 245
... struggle of some importance ensued . Modyford's successors could seldom induce the Assembly to work in harmony with them , and in 1678 the Earl of Carlisle was sent out with orders to apply the principle of " Poynings's Law " in force ...
... struggle of some importance ensued . Modyford's successors could seldom induce the Assembly to work in harmony with them , and in 1678 the Earl of Carlisle was sent out with orders to apply the principle of " Poynings's Law " in force ...
Page 410
... struggle in one case was similar in principle to the struggle in the other . For the first century and a half the constitutional conflict in America was between the popular Assemblies and the prerogative ; and it was not until that ...
... struggle in one case was similar in principle to the struggle in the other . For the first century and a half the constitutional conflict in America was between the popular Assemblies and the prerogative ; and it was not until that ...
Page 652
... struggle against the Stuarts had been fought the struggle in which the American colonies had been cradled . " What we did " , wrote Jefferson on a subsequent occasion , " was with the help of Rushworth , whom we rummaged over for the ...
... struggle against the Stuarts had been fought the struggle in which the American colonies had been cradled . " What we did " , wrote Jefferson on a subsequent occasion , " was with the help of Rushworth , whom we rummaged over for the ...
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