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The quest for power : the lower houses of assembly in the Southern Royal colonies, 1689-1776 / by Jack P. Greene.

By: Publisher: Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [1963]Description: 1 online resource (xi, 528 pages) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Quest for power.DDC classification:
  • 328.75 23 G811
Contents:
Part I. Backdrop to power. Process and pattern. The configuration of politics -- Part II. Control over finance. Money bills. Accounts. Expenditures. Paper money -- Part III. Control over the civil list. Salaries. Fees -- Part IV. Control over the legislative process. Membership. Internal proceedings -- Part V. Control over executive affairs. Revenue officers. Public works and services. Colonial agents. Public printers. Military affairs. Indian affairs. Courts and judges. Church offices -- Part VI. The fruits of power, 1763-1776. A new status and a new challenge. Tightening the reins : general issues. Tightening the reins : local issues. The ultimate issue. Appendix I. Chief executives of the Southern Royal Colonies, 1689-1776. Appendix II. Speakers of the Lower Houses in the Southern Royal Colonies, 1689-1776. Appendix III. The leaders of the Lower Houses of Assembly in the Southern Royal Colonies, 1688-1776.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-504) and index.

Part I. Backdrop to power. Process and pattern. The configuration of politics -- Part II. Control over finance. Money bills. Accounts. Expenditures. Paper money -- Part III. Control over the civil list. Salaries. Fees -- Part IV. Control over the legislative process. Membership. Internal proceedings -- Part V. Control over executive affairs. Revenue officers. Public works and services. Colonial agents. Public printers. Military affairs. Indian affairs. Courts and judges. Church offices -- Part VI. The fruits of power, 1763-1776. A new status and a new challenge. Tightening the reins : general issues. Tightening the reins : local issues. The ultimate issue. Appendix I. Chief executives of the Southern Royal Colonies, 1689-1776. Appendix II. Speakers of the Lower Houses in the Southern Royal Colonies, 1689-1776. Appendix III. The leaders of the Lower Houses of Assembly in the Southern Royal Colonies, 1688-1776.

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