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	List of colonial governors in 1784 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1783 colonial governors - Events of 1784 - 1785 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
		José de Almeida e Vasconcellos de Soveral e Carvalho, Governor of Angola (1784-1790)
		Macau - Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria, Governor of Macau (1783-1788)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_in_1784 (84 words)

	Government House: Naval Governors, 1729-1824
		Whereas the early governors had been leaders of commercial ventures, the naval governors were professionals, paid a set salary, and given an official mandate to enforce the authority of the Crown.
		In the 1730s several fishing admirals challenged the governor's authority by arguing that this commission was inferior to statute law; but by 1750 the naval governors had become firmly entrenched as the unrivaled political and legal force in Newfoundland.
		The governor, followed by the other offices, proceeded in his launch to the King's Wharf, where he was received by the senior magistrates, the prominent local citizens, and an honour guard from the garrison.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /govhouse/governorship/naval.html (1363 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Governors Island GOVERNORS ISLAND [Governors Island] 173 acres (70 hectares), in Upper New York Bay, S of Manhattan island, SE N.Y. Bought from the Native Americans by the Dutch in 1637, it was the site of an early New Netherlands settlement.
		He came to the colony as lieutenant governor in 1758, and in the absence of the governorsâ”the earl of Loudon (1756-63) and Jeffery Amherst (1763-68)â”he was the chief administrative officer.
		Norwalk, Conn. A lawyer, Fitch was an assistant in the colony (1734-35, 1740-50).
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Governors (720 words)

	Beyond Manhattan \| Governors Island \| History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The governor's mansion, named "The Smiling Garden of the Sovereigns of the Province," was built three years later.
		Troops came to Governors Island in 1755 and would not leave again for another 241 years.
		Governors Island remained vital to the city's defense throughout every war in the 19th and 20th centuries.
	nyc24.jrn.columbia.edu /2003/islands/zone5/governorshistory.html (1222 words)

	COLONIAL LIFE IN VIRGINIA
		George Yeardley was elected Colonial Governor and he met with the newly created legislative body to establish the laws of the infant colony.
		Berkeley was reappointed Governor of Virginia in 1660.
		Governor Berkeley, himself after meeting much resistance from the yeoman class in his second term (resulting in Bacon's rebellion), lost governing control of the colony and returned to England where he died.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Acres/7647/colonial.htm (5922 words)

	Benjamin Franklin - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1753 he and William Hunter were put in charge of the post service of the colonies, which he brought in the next ten years to a high state of efficiency and made a financial success; this position he held until 1774.
		Hillsborough, who became secretary of state for the colonies in 1768, refused to recognize Franklin as agent of Massachusetts, because the governor of Massachusetts had not approved the appointment, which was by resolution of the assembly.
		On light Franklin wrote to David Rittenhouse in June 1784; the sum of his own conjectures was that the corpuscular theory of Newton was wrong, and that light was due to the vibration of an elastic aether.
	www.1911ency.org /F/FR/FRANKLIN_BENJAMIN.htm (5193 words)

	WebRoots Library U.S. History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The governor is to be chancellor and surrogate-general, and the governor and the legislative council are to constitute a court of appeals.
		The New York governor is also to send to the legislature a message informing it of the condition of the State, and recommending to its consideration matters that he deems important; and this, of course, suggested the similar provision in the National Constitution for the President's message.
		The governor was president of the senate, commander-in-chief of the militia, and admiral of the navy.
	www.webroots.org /library/usahist/ecotus02.html (6876 words)

	Government-Price
		Colonial historians have tended to concentrate on the struggle for provincial control between the chief executives and lower houses of assembly, a struggle central to the coming of the American Revolution and therefore a dramatic one.
		The frustration was compounded when governors sometimes found that the men they had recommended for the council in the expectation that they would vote as directed acted quite independently once they had been seated.
		Four men placed by Governor George Burrington in the upper house illegally (i.e., without the approval of either the Privy Council or a majority of the provincial councillors) for the legislative session of November, 1734, are excluded: Benjamin Hill, Francis Pugh, Henry Gaston, and Daniel Hamner.
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hp/colonial/Nchr/Subjects/price.htm (3072 words)

	Cultural & Political Chronology (1750-1783)
		With the death of John Robinson, Speaker of the House of Burgesses and treasurer of the colony of Virginia, a scandal came to light in Virginia.
		Richard Hayward's statue of the deceased Virginia governor Lord Botetourt was installed at the Capitol in Williamsburg.
		George III declared the colonies in a state of rebellion and threatened to deal harshly with traitors.
	www.colonialwilliamsburg.org /almanack/resources/dateline/polcron.cfm (4959 words)

	PHMC: Pennsylvania History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Commonwealth bought the Six Nations' claims to the remainder of the land in 1784 and 1789, and the claims of the Delawares and Wyandots in 1785.
		The defeat of the French and Indian War alliance by 1760, the withdrawal of the French, the crushing of Chief Pontiac's Indian alliance in 1764, and the failure of all attempts by Indians and colonists to live side by side led the Indians to migrate westward, gradually leaving Pennsylvania.
		Thousands of Germans were also attracted to the colony and, by the time of the Revolution, comprised a third of the population.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/pahist/quaker.asp?secid=31 (2231 words)

	Governors Island - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		GOVERNORS ISLAND [Governors Island] 173 acres (70 hectares), in Upper New York Bay, S of Manhattan island, SE N.Y. Bought from the Native Americans by the Dutch in 1637, it was the site of an early New Netherlands settlement.
		The island received its name in 1698 (officially 1784), when the British set it aside as the colonial governors' residence.
		Governors Island served as a U.S. military base until 1966, then becoming the east coast headquarters and training center of the U.S. Coast Guard.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-governor.html (374 words)

	North Carolina Governors
		North Carolina's history as an organized governing system led by a governor may be viewed in five chronological stages: the Virginia colony, the southern plantation, the Lords Proprietors, the Royal colony, and the state of North Carolina.
		A chronology of governors serving during each of these stages is listed at the bottom of the page.
		Theactions of the Virginia governor outpaced his authority under the English Crown, and the Southern Plantation and its Commander were short-lived.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/stgovt/governor.htm#royal (958 words)

	Archives: Massachusetts Archives Collection
		Governor Andros was imprisoned and the government overthrown on April 18, 1689, shortly after the news of the English Glorious Revolution reached Boston.
		The governor was the commander-in-chief of the militia and appointed all military officials; he had the right to summon, adjourn, and prorogue the General Court.
		The William and Mary Charter was modified in 1725 by the Explanatory Charter, issued by King George I. Further strengthening the position of the governor, this charter gave the governor the sole power to adjourn the House of Representatives and the right to negate the House's choice of their speaker.
	www.sec.state.ma.us /arc/arccol/colmac.htm (3520 words)

	Narrative #5 -- The King's College Governors
		The royal charter signed by Lt. Governor James DeLancey on November 1, 1754, transferred responsibility for the College’s future well being from the 10-member Lottery Commission appointed by the Assembly to a 41-member Board of Governors, whose composition was proposed by the Lottery Commissioners and confirmed by the Lt. Governor and his Council.
		The charter permitted Protestants of all persuasions to be governors, excluding Roman Catholics by an oath provision and Jews as non-Christians.
		A quarter of all governors attended fewer than ten meetings during their tenure, while another half were absent more often than present.
	beatl.barnard.columbia.edu /kingsv1/narratives/governors.htm (986 words)

	Patriot Chiefs and Loyal Braves by S. Pony Hill - CHAPTER 1 - THE COLONIAL PERIOD
		Because of the continued hostilities between these Nations and the Iroquois to the north, the governors of New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia held a conference at Albany in September of 1722 to hammer out a peaceable agreement between the Tribes on their borders.
		All was not completely serene, however, as a letter to the governor from one R. Everand, a settler living near the Meherrin Indians, refers to disturbances involving the Meherrins and Nottoways in 1727.
		Governor Clarence Gooch of Virginia reported to the Colonial Office for the years 1743 to 1747 that the "Saponies and other petty nations associated with them…are retired out of Virginia to the Cattawbas." This time period corresponds to the appearance of such English surnames as Harris, Stephens, Scott, Brown, and Canty among the Catawba.
	sciway3.net /clark/freemoors/CHAPTER1colonial.htm (4615 words)

	Colonial Office Records: Class 5 Files (C.O.5) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		First are the communications to the colonial governors from colonists of every rank and stature, including planters, merchants, seamen, local officials, and many others.
		Second are the letters and reports from the colonial governors to officials in Britain (usually the Board of Trade or the secretaries of state); this material summarizes and comments upon recent events in the colonies.
		Third are dispatches from the mother country to the colonial governors outlining British policy; this material includes circulars, reports of the Board of Trade, royal instructions, military instructions, and much more.
	www.lexisnexis.com /Academic/2upa/Aceas/ColonialOfficeRecords.asp (449 words)

	INDEPENDENCE, DECLARAT... - Online Information article about INDEPENDENCE, DECLARAT...
		April 1776, authorized its delegates in Congress to join with others in a declaration to that end.
		The Lockian theory fitted beautifully the question of colonial dependence, and was applied to that by America with inexorable logic; it fitted the question of individual political rights, and was applied to them in 1776, but not in 169o; it did not apply to non-political conditions of individual See also:
		governors "—but his theories were those of an individual philosopher—while by the Declaration a state, for the first time in history, founded its life on democratic See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /I27_INV/INDEPENDENCE_DECLARATION_OF.html (1680 words)

	GOVERNORS OF NORTH - Online Information article about GOVERNORS OF NORTH
		For the colonial and revolutionary periods there are some excellent studies.
		Defence of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (1909), are perhaps the best of the attempts to prove the same Declaration genuine.
		sources are The Colonial Records of North Carolina (Jo vols., Raleigh, 1886-189o) ; and The State Records of North Carolina (vols.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GOA_GRA/GOVERNORS_OF_NORTH.html (1088 words)

	1784 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
		The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Morgansborough, named for Daniel Morgan.
		December 25 - Methodist Episcopal Church in USA officially formed at so-called "Christmas Conference", led by Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1784 (561 words)

	Colonial Empires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the colonies, however, the intendants still cooperated with the governors; the system had the disadvantage of dividing responsibility for colonial affairs, and it was dropped in 1816.
		The American colonies declared their independence on July 4, 1776, in a document which reflected the natural rights philosophy of the Continent and the political ideas of the British philosopher, John Locke.
		In the colonies representatives were elected by the taxpayers on a district basis for local councils, but every English subject was considered to be "virtually" represented in the English Parliament.
	mars.wnec.edu /~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/colonial.html (2240 words)

	Colonial Wargames - The Madasahatta Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This event was rapidly followed by colonies being founded, first by the Germans, who established HANSALAND in Central Madasahatta in 1894, followed by the British who established NEW SURREY in the south-west of the island two years later.
		After several diplomatic incidents, an agreed border between the-two colonies running along the centreline of the Bloemingstip mountains was drawn by the Treaty of Badlikortout in 1898.
		Queen Victoria made it plain that she was not amused by this fact, and the policy of British Governors of New Surrey since then has been to find some plausible reason for extending the colony in a northerly direction.
	www.colonialwargames.org.uk /Inspiration/Madasahatta/Madasahatta.htm (2150 words)

	Governors Island, New York
		The reason we were permitted to go onto Governors Island was that I worked for the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon.
		Governors Island has 173 acres (70 hectares), in Upper New York Bay, South of Manhattan island, South east N.Y. It was bought from the Native Americans by the Dutch in 1637.
		Governor's Island in New York Harbor, a now-discontinued Coast Guard base unseen by the public for 200 years, can now play a new role in New York's life.
	www.angelfire.com /fang/governorsisland (707 words)

	De. Colonial Leader Gunning Bedford, Sr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		By October of 1795, his political star had risen as he was chosen the Federalist candidate for Governor of Delaware.
		During Bedford's term as Governor, many improvements were made in transportation across the state.
		The first move toward public education in the state was made by putting all marriage and tavern license fees in a fund earmarked for schooling.
	www.russpickett.com /history/bedsrbio.htm (491 words)

	Indians
		They met with a kind Reception from his Honour the Lieutenant Governor; and having received the usual Presents from the Country, they return’d home well pleased and contented.—It’s suppos’d, these are the same Indians that waited on His Honour our Governor, this Summer, to inform him of the same Facts.
		By letters from North-Carolina, of the 10th instant, we learn, that Colonel Waddle was marched for fort Dobbs, with such part of his regiment as was provided with arms, in order to join the Virginia forces, as soon, and at such place, as should be ordered by Col. Byrd.
		Their Excellencies the Governors of North Carolina and of this province, his Honour the Lieutenant-governor of Virginia, and the gentlemen who set out with them from thence on Tuesday the 25th ult.
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hp/colonial/newspapers/subjects/Indians.htm (5044 words)

	The Land of the 'Free'? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Defense of the American colonies in the French and Indian War (1754-63) and Pontiac's Rebellion (1763-64) were costly affairs for Great Britain, and Prime Minister George Grenville hoped to recover some of these costs by taxing the colonists.
		Governor Sir Guy Carleton rejected their demand, and on December 9, the Patriots commenced a bombardment of Quebec.
		In the summer of 1777, with the colonies fighting a war for independence, Mason feared attacks by the native allies of the British.
	members.aol.com /wdwylie6/1750-1799.htm (21566 words)

	Governor William Pitkin
		In some respects, William Pitkin III was the last colonial governor of Connecticut, since his successor, Jonathan Trumbull, went on to hold the office into statehood.
		The Council was to assist the Governor in times of conflict and to act with the power of the General Assembly in emergencies.
		People did not like the idea of a President General from another colony commanding their militia and were concerned that Connecticut might lose a portion of its independence by joining the Conference.
	www.cslib.org /gov/pitkinw.htm (1927 words)

	GOVERNORS OF CONNECTICUT - Online Information article about GOVERNORS OF CONNECTICUT
		For the sources, see Colonial Records of Connecticut (15 vols., Hartford, 1850-189o); The Records of the Colony and the See also:
		Governor Joseph Talcott.; and the Papers (New Haven, 1865 et seq.) of the New Haven Colony Historical Society are extremely valuable for See also:
		relating to the colonial and state periods, now in the state library at Hartford, have never been published.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GOA_GRA/GOVERNORS_OF_CONNECTICUT.html (588 words)

	Complete List of NYS Attorneys General
		Between 1684 and 1777, the Colonial Attorneys General were appointed by the King of England, or the Colonial Governors on the Crown's behalf.
		Until 1702 he was appointed by the governor, after which he was commissioned by the Crown.
		By the Constitution the governor was required to do the appointing with the "advice and consent of the council." But in practice it subordinated the governor to the council whenever a majority of the assembly was politically opposed to him, and the annual election of the council greatly increased chances of such opposition.
	www.oag.state.ny.us /previous_aglist.html (922 words)

	The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut - 1708 Saybrook Platform
		Indian wars broke out anew, fires burned many homes, an increase in shipwrecks was experienced which in turn reduced supplies, an epidemic of small-pox ravished the pilgrims, the Stuart government increased its acts of aggression against the colonies, which included a concerted effort to bring Episcopacy to the Puritan commonwealths.
		In spite of all the reforming work proposed they were well aware that there could be no success in their efforts unless the Lord blessed them.
		Without God Himself leading and guiding their every step, they were bound to fail in their own efforts to bring reform to the Colonies.
	www.colonialwarsct.org /1708_saybrook_platform.htm (3985 words)

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