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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... royal prerogative . In the first two particulars they were successful in their efforts ; but in the third they made little headway , for the popular parties in the colonial Assemblies fought the prerogative in whatever form it appeared ...
... royal prerogative . In the first two particulars they were successful in their efforts ; but in the third they made little headway , for the popular parties in the colonial Assemblies fought the prerogative in whatever form it appeared ...
Page 433
... royal governor , and the royal appointees ; on the other the popular Assemblies , which slowly but surely were breaking down the British system of government in America and eliminating the control of an outside authority resident across ...
... royal governor , and the royal appointees ; on the other the popular Assemblies , which slowly but surely were breaking down the British system of government in America and eliminating the control of an outside authority resident across ...
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... royal dispensing power were no longer of effect.1 This interpretation of the Bill was not accepted by the Royal African Company , but the contemporary attacks on the East India Company showed how far from secure those who held royal ...
... royal dispensing power were no longer of effect.1 This interpretation of the Bill was not accepted by the Royal African Company , but the contemporary attacks on the East India Company showed how far from secure those who held royal ...
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