The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Henry Dodwell, Ernest Alfred Benians Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... authority in government . He wished to see the Legislative Council elective , thus bringing it into harmony with the majority of the Assembly ; he wished the Assembly to have complete and unrestricted control over the public finances so ...
... authority in government . He wished to see the Legislative Council elective , thus bringing it into harmony with the majority of the Assembly ; he wished the Assembly to have complete and unrestricted control over the public finances so ...
Page 270
... authority with popular opinion . It was even more essential that some man of unusual competence and authority should come , acceptable to the colonists , trusted by the Imperial Government , and furnished with credit and resources ...
... authority with popular opinion . It was even more essential that some man of unusual competence and authority should come , acceptable to the colonists , trusted by the Imperial Government , and furnished with credit and resources ...
Page 297
... authority . His Council had been con- demned and its first act of high policy had been cancelled . But infinitely more disquieting was the disclosure that , in face of the abnormal conditions prevailing in Lower Canada , the very authority ...
... authority . His Council had been con- demned and its first act of high policy had been cancelled . But infinitely more disquieting was the disclosure that , in face of the abnormal conditions prevailing in Lower Canada , the very authority ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Cordillera | 7 |
Relations of the Aborigines to the Settlers | 13 |
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