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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... Massachusetts . They resolved that " the whole Govern- ment , together with the patent for the said Plantation , be by an order of court legally transferred and established to remain with us and others which shall inhabit upon the said ...
... Massachusetts . They resolved that " the whole Govern- ment , together with the patent for the said Plantation , be by an order of court legally transferred and established to remain with us and others which shall inhabit upon the said ...
Page 258
... Massachusetts was the only one which in 1660 had any royal authority for its constitutional system ; in its case the charter granted to the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629 was still valid . Rhode Island had obtained during the Civil ...
... Massachusetts was the only one which in 1660 had any royal authority for its constitutional system ; in its case the charter granted to the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629 was still valid . Rhode Island had obtained during the Civil ...
Page 259
... Massachusetts therefore escaped with an empty verbal submission and a contribution of timber to the Navy . From the foregoing it will be realised that a change of tone was taking place in New England . Puritanism was still a vital force ...
... Massachusetts therefore escaped with an empty verbal submission and a contribution of timber to the Navy . From the foregoing it will be realised that a change of tone was taking place in New England . Puritanism was still a vital force ...
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