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... legislature into two separate and independent branches , " says Kent , " is founded on such obvious principles of good policy , and is so strongly recommended by the unequivocal language of experience , that it has obtained the general ...
... legislature into two separate and independent branches , " says Kent , " is founded on such obvious principles of good policy , and is so strongly recommended by the unequivocal language of experience , that it has obtained the general ...
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... legislature consist- ing of two houses . In 1629 a charter was granted in England to the " Governor and Company of Mattachusetts Bay in Newe - England . " In the following year the company and their charter were transferred to America ...
... legislature consist- ing of two houses . In 1629 a charter was granted in England to the " Governor and Company of Mattachusetts Bay in Newe - England . " In the following year the company and their charter were transferred to America ...
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... legislatures . It must be borne in mind that these men were Englishmen and imbued with English political ideas ; and , although many of them had left England to escape persecution , they still believed the English govern- ment to be the ...
... legislatures . It must be borne in mind that these men were Englishmen and imbued with English political ideas ; and , although many of them had left England to escape persecution , they still believed the English govern- ment to be the ...
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... legislature . This was done.3 The Assembly , however , was almost a nonentity during the iniquitous administration of Cranfield . Owing to a disagreement it was dissolved by the Governor in 1683 , and the legislative power was assumed ...
... legislature . This was done.3 The Assembly , however , was almost a nonentity during the iniquitous administration of Cranfield . Owing to a disagreement it was dissolved by the Governor in 1683 , and the legislative power was assumed ...
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... legislatures - is evidenced by a reso¬ lution of the General Court of 1678. In May of that year the Governor , Deputy - Governor , and assistants were constituted a " standing councill to issue all such occasions and matters as 1 ...
... legislatures - is evidenced by a reso¬ lution of the General Court of 1678. In May of that year the Governor , Deputy - Governor , and assistants were constituted a " standing councill to issue all such occasions and matters as 1 ...
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Page 237 - The concessions and agreements of the proprietors, freeholders and inhabitants of the province of West New Jersey in America.
Page 33 - God's and his own heart's), did voluntarily leave his warm nest, and, to the wonder of his kindred, and amazement of them that knew him, undertake this hard, but, in my judgment, heroicall resolution to go to Virginia, and helpe to beare the name of God unto the Gentiles.
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Page 49 - Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs had been established, to adopt such a government as should, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and of America in general.
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