Richard Bland, Conservator of Self-government in Eighteenth-century Virginia |
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... English Empire . He was proud to be an Englishman ; he cherished his English rights and he felt a strong fealty to the British Crown . Perhaps this sense of dual loyalty is illustrated best by Bland's zealous sup- port of the British ...
... English Empire . He was proud to be an Englishman ; he cherished his English rights and he felt a strong fealty to the British Crown . Perhaps this sense of dual loyalty is illustrated best by Bland's zealous sup- port of the British ...
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... English constitutional tradition . Bland subscribed whole- heartedly to this interpretation , maintaining that it was " as certain as History can make it " that the English constitution was based on the original government formed by the ...
... English constitutional tradition . Bland subscribed whole- heartedly to this interpretation , maintaining that it was " as certain as History can make it " that the English constitution was based on the original government formed by the ...
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... English consti- 16 tution . Bland used the Whig interpretation of English history to contrast the decline of liberty in the mother country with the flowering of liberty in self - governing British America . What has come to be regarded ...
... English consti- 16 tution . Bland used the Whig interpretation of English history to contrast the decline of liberty in the mother country with the flowering of liberty in self - governing British America . What has come to be regarded ...
Contents
An Apprentice Burgess | 31 |
The Pistole Fee Dispute ཎྜ | 95 |
The Two Penny Controversy | 123 |
Copyright | |
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