A Short History of the United States, 1492-1938Macmillan, 1939 - 1039 pages |
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Page 135
... town , they began to form outlying villages on the better land in other parts of the town . Sometimes they moved to the frontier and established another town with the con- sent of the assembly . The County . The county was the unit of ...
... town , they began to form outlying villages on the better land in other parts of the town . Sometimes they moved to the frontier and established another town with the con- sent of the assembly . The County . The county was the unit of ...
Page 156
... town was a revival of the early English town , which for centuries had survived in the English parish , both a civil and The New England Town . an ecclesiastical institution . The fundamental idea was that the business of the town ...
... town was a revival of the early English town , which for centuries had survived in the English parish , both a civil and The New England Town . an ecclesiastical institution . The fundamental idea was that the business of the town ...
Page 157
... towns , where it was known as the " Duke Laws . " It provided that the town administration be in the hands of overseers and constables elected by freeholders , but there was to be no town meeting . Local justice was to be administered ...
... towns , where it was known as the " Duke Laws . " It provided that the town administration be in the hands of overseers and constables elected by freeholders , but there was to be no town meeting . Local justice was to be administered ...
Contents
Better Times in the Colony | 50 |
The Plymouth Colony | 59 |
The Colonies under the Later Stuarts 16601689 | 92 |
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