American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 pages |
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... land or Pennsylvania . It was discontent with economic re- strictions , not with their fundamental political institutions , which nerved the Revolutionists to the great task of driving out King George's governors , councillors , judges ...
... land or Pennsylvania . It was discontent with economic re- strictions , not with their fundamental political institutions , which nerved the Revolutionists to the great task of driving out King George's governors , councillors , judges ...
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... land and Pennsylvania and Delaware 3 stood on a different basis from that in the royal provinces or in Connecticut or Rhode Island . Each of the former was , as Professor Osgood points out , " a miniature kingdom of a semi - feudal type ...
... land and Pennsylvania and Delaware 3 stood on a different basis from that in the royal provinces or in Connecticut or Rhode Island . Each of the former was , as Professor Osgood points out , " a miniature kingdom of a semi - feudal type ...
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... land , was captain - general and head of the Church . All patronage , lay and clerical , amounting to fourteen or fifteen thousand pounds a year from the governor with a salary of fifteen hundred and fifty pounds down to the naval ...
... land , was captain - general and head of the Church . All patronage , lay and clerical , amounting to fourteen or fifteen thousand pounds a year from the governor with a salary of fifteen hundred and fifty pounds down to the naval ...
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... lands or tenements to the value of forty pounds free from all encum- brances , except that in New York City and Albany ... land , if there was no house on it ; or twenty - five acres with a house twelve feet 1 Reference : A. E. McKinley ...
... lands or tenements to the value of forty pounds free from all encum- brances , except that in New York City and Albany ... land , if there was no house on it ; or twenty - five acres with a house twelve feet 1 Reference : A. E. McKinley ...
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... land " well seated " and twelve acres cleared , and to other persons worth at least fifty pounds in lawful money . As a result of these property qualifications , a considerable portion of the adult males were excluded from any share in ...
... land " well seated " and twelve acres cleared , and to other persons worth at least fifty pounds in lawful money . As a result of these property qualifications , a considerable portion of the adult males were excluded from any share in ...
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