Richard Bland, Conservator of Self-government in Eighteenth-century Virginia |
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... interference that could be exercised by the mother country . The most striking feature of the House of Burgesses was the fact that Bland and his colleagues worked almost entirely on their own . In spite of occasional interference from ...
... interference that could be exercised by the mother country . The most striking feature of the House of Burgesses was the fact that Bland and his colleagues worked almost entirely on their own . In spite of occasional interference from ...
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... interference from forces outside the colony and they had been seriously engaged in resisting that interference . The view that the real struggle with prerogative controls began with Henry's defense of the Two Penny Act overlooks the ...
... interference from forces outside the colony and they had been seriously engaged in resisting that interference . The view that the real struggle with prerogative controls began with Henry's defense of the Two Penny Act overlooks the ...
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... interference from the Crown , the colonial Assembly enjoyed considerable freedom in setting domestic policy ... interference to a more pronounced distaste for Parliament- ary interference . In 1763 Richard Bland had written that any tax ...
... interference from the Crown , the colonial Assembly enjoyed considerable freedom in setting domestic policy ... interference to a more pronounced distaste for Parliament- ary interference . In 1763 Richard Bland had written that any tax ...
Contents
An Apprentice Burgess | 31 |
The Pistole Fee Dispute ཎྜ | 95 |
The Two Penny Controversy | 123 |
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