TY - BOOK AU - Greene,Jack P. TI - The quest for power: the lower houses of assembly in the Southern Royal colonies, 1689-1776 U1 - 328.75 23 PY - 1963///] CY - Chapel Hill [North Carolina] PB - Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press KW - Legislative bodies KW - Southern States KW - History N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 ER -