Richard Bland, Conservator of Self-government in Eighteenth-century Virginia |
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... authority in all matters . This concern for local legis- lative authority and the feeling for the independence of Virginia's laws is also shown in Bland's refusal to accept precedents from other colonies . Indeed , the basic foundations ...
... authority in all matters . This concern for local legis- lative authority and the feeling for the independence of Virginia's laws is also shown in Bland's refusal to accept precedents from other colonies . Indeed , the basic foundations ...
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... authority which was strengthened in this par- ticular incident by the express approval of the Board of Trade and 38 the colonial Council.` The Burgesses ' authority lay in their con- cept of the English constitutional guarantees to all ...
... authority which was strengthened in this par- ticular incident by the express approval of the Board of Trade and 38 the colonial Council.` The Burgesses ' authority lay in their con- cept of the English constitutional guarantees to all ...
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... authority and finally by denying all authority of Parliament in the colonies . Bland took up one defensive position after another in order to protect the Vir- ginia Assembly from British encroachments . Clearly there was a growth in his ...
... authority and finally by denying all authority of Parliament in the colonies . Bland took up one defensive position after another in order to protect the Vir- ginia Assembly from British encroachments . Clearly there was a growth in his ...
Contents
An Apprentice Burgess | 31 |
The Pistole Fee Dispute ཎྜ | 95 |
The Two Penny Controversy | 123 |
Copyright | |
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