The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... authority over future settlers . Thus the English colonies ( with a few accidental exceptions , which will be noticed ) were at first proprietary . The proprietor might be an individual or an English corporation . In either case , the ...
... authority over future settlers . Thus the English colonies ( with a few accidental exceptions , which will be noticed ) were at first proprietary . The proprietor might be an individual or an English corporation . In either case , the ...
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... authorities in England ; while in the colonies there was no single governor , but only unwieldy committees . The ... ( authority much like that possessed then by the appointed justices of an English county ) . Under this crude grant ...
... authorities in England ; while in the colonies there was no single governor , but only unwieldy committees . The ... ( authority much like that possessed then by the appointed justices of an English county ) . Under this crude grant ...
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... authority before kept by the king was now turned over to the Company ; and that body received a democratic LL . PLATES ENG . CO . , N.Y. THE TWO POSSIBLE VIRGINIAS OF 1609 Point Comfort This map shows two possible interpre- tations of ...
... authority before kept by the king was now turned over to the Company ; and that body received a democratic LL . PLATES ENG . CO . , N.Y. THE TWO POSSIBLE VIRGINIAS OF 1609 Point Comfort This map shows two possible interpre- tations of ...
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... authority , . . . [ and ] above all . . that we may retayne the Libertie of our General Assemblie , than which nothing can more conduce to our satisfaction or the public utilitie . " At the same time the Assembly itself solemnly put on ...
... authority , . . . [ and ] above all . . that we may retayne the Libertie of our General Assemblie , than which nothing can more conduce to our satisfaction or the public utilitie . " At the same time the Assembly itself solemnly put on ...
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... authorities in England about the " selfwilled government " in Virginia . Finally , he tried to arrest some of his Council for " treason . " Instead , the Council and Assembly " thrust him out of his government , " sent him prisoner to ...
... authorities in England about the " selfwilled government " in Virginia . Finally , he tried to arrest some of his Council for " treason . " Instead , the Council and Assembly " thrust him out of his government , " sent him prisoner to ...
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Page 268 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Page 716 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
Page 355 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Page 273 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...