The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Assembly in Virginia to consist of the council of state and two bur- gesses chosen by the planters or freeholders from each town , hundred or other particular plantation . An instruction to this effect was sent out by the new governor ...
... Assembly in Virginia to consist of the council of state and two bur- gesses chosen by the planters or freeholders from each town , hundred or other particular plantation . An instruction to this effect was sent out by the new governor ...
Page 422
... Assembly , they never succeeded in winning more than an occasional and temporary victory . Never had they the full confidence either of the King or of the colony . The real test of the governor's influence was evinced not in his ...
... Assembly , they never succeeded in winning more than an occasional and temporary victory . Never had they the full confidence either of the King or of the colony . The real test of the governor's influence was evinced not in his ...
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... Assembly " .1 The Assembly in Barbados was always less insistent on its privileges than were many of the other Assemblies and less sensitive to affronts on its dignity . The demand for privileges does not appear to have become until ...
... Assembly " .1 The Assembly in Barbados was always less insistent on its privileges than were many of the other Assemblies and less sensitive to affronts on its dignity . The demand for privileges does not appear to have become until ...
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