American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 pages |
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... fact not mentioned in most of the constitutions of the revolutionary period . " In New England the unit of local administration was the town , which was governed by a meeting of the electors , who chose the town officers , levied taxes ...
... fact not mentioned in most of the constitutions of the revolutionary period . " In New England the unit of local administration was the town , which was governed by a meeting of the electors , who chose the town officers , levied taxes ...
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... fact John Cotton in 1644 declared that democracy was " the meanest and worst of all forms of government . " In a treatise by John Wise , entitled , A Vindication of the Government of New England Churches , published in 1717 , we find ...
... fact John Cotton in 1644 declared that democracy was " the meanest and worst of all forms of government . " In a treatise by John Wise , entitled , A Vindication of the Government of New England Churches , published in 1717 , we find ...
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... fact , Catholics and Jews were quite frequently disfranchised . In Virginia the Established Church sought to suppress dissent , and as late as 1774 James Madison wrote : " that diabolical , hell - conceived principle of persecution ...
... fact , Catholics and Jews were quite frequently disfranchised . In Virginia the Established Church sought to suppress dissent , and as late as 1774 James Madison wrote : " that diabolical , hell - conceived principle of persecution ...
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... fact , had even resisted the policy of the mother country , for within the ranks of the conservatives were large numbers of Loyalists who had remained in America , and , as was to have been expected , cherished a bitter feeling against ...
... fact , had even resisted the policy of the mother country , for within the ranks of the conservatives were large numbers of Loyalists who had remained in America , and , as was to have been expected , cherished a bitter feeling against ...
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... fact compelled to beg from door to door only to meet continued rebuffs , and to sink deeper and deeper in debt from year to year . 2 Not only was the Congress thus limited in its resources to quotas imposed on the states ; the very ...
... fact compelled to beg from door to door only to meet continued rebuffs , and to sink deeper and deeper in debt from year to year . 2 Not only was the Congress thus limited in its resources to quotas imposed on the states ; the very ...
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