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	MSN Encarta - Search View - British Empire
		However, because of the distances involved, effective government from England was impossible, so colonial governors were authorized to form assemblies elected from among the colonists to act as a legislative body and advise the executive.
		Colonies in New England grew steadily, and the Hudson’s Bay Company was established near Hudson Bay to participate in the fur trade.
		Colonial Development and Welfare Acts were passed in 1940 and 1945, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill joined with United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in issuing the Atlantic Charter in 1941, which declared the right of self-determination for all countries.
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	Dictionary of Australian Biography Sa-Sp
		Though not in parliament he was appointed colonial secretary and minister for railways in the Mitchell government in May 1919, a fortnight later was elected a member of the legislative assembly, and exchanged the portfolio of colonial secretary for those of mines, industries and forests.
		Governor Brisbane opposed his suggestion that "government reserves" should be considered church and school lands, and with regard to land generally, comparatively little of it had even been surveyed.
		When the colony was passing through a troublesome time in 1892 the suggestion was made that he should come back to the legislative assembly and lead a coalition government, but the state of his health would not permit him to do this.
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	Hirst, Free Trade and Other Fundamental Doctrines of the Manchester School, Part IV, Essay 2: Library of Economics and ...
		Colonies are supposed to be useful either for political or commercial purposes, and with reference to these objects they should be divided into two classes, which should be considered separately; first, military stations, acquired chiefly for political purposes; secondly, colonies, properly so-called, supposed to be of value chiefly for commercial objects.
		However, the governor at once hastened to the frontier; by his orders Kaffirland was invaded; but every arrangement was so ill made that our troops were repulsed; twice our baggage-waggons were cut off; and the victorious Kaffirs, in their turn, invaded the colony.
		In 1842 the free population of that colony amounted to 37,000, and on the average of the four years ending with 1844, the expenditure, exclusive of immigration, was £161,000, or at the enormous rate of £4 6s.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Australia
		On his arrival in Sydney, Governor Macquarie bluntly informed him that no "Popish missionary" would be allowed to intrude within the settlement, and that every person in the penal colony must be a Protestant.
		This colony had been founded in 1836 as a free and "socially superior" Protestant settlement, from which "Papists and pagans" were to have been rigidly excluded.
		For a time all the colonies of the Australasian group followed the example initiated by New South Wales in according State aid to the clergy and the denominational schools of the principal religious bodies, Anglicans, Catholics, Presbyterians, and Methodists.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02113b.htm (6415 words)

	Crown Colony of Sarawak 1946-1963 (Malaysia)
		On 1 July 1946 [sic] the colony was granted its own badge, reproducing the old State flag, and it was placed on the Blue Ensign and in the middle of the Union for the Governor's flag.
		Even the Colonial Office was confused and in 1919 had to send a Despatch to all colonial governors asking them for information on the flags in use in the colonies.
		In the case of the Governor of Sarawak the shield shaped badge is applied to the centre of the flag with the space between the shield and the laurel garland, white.
	www.fotw.net /Flags/my-sk_co.html (1239 words)

	Civil Government of Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The governor is the chief magistrate of the State; the mayor is the chief magistrate of the city.
		In case the Governor dies, or is in any way incapacitated for performing the duties of his office, the Lieutenant-Governor shall act; and in case of the inability of both, the President PRO TEMPORE of the Senate shall act.
		Abstracts are made out for governor and lieutenant-governor, for attorney-general, for secretary, for treasurer, for superintendent of public instruction, for commissioner of agriculture and immigration, for senators and delegates, for electors for President and Vice-President, for congressmen, and for county, district, and corporation officers voted for at the election.
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	Greene, Anglican Outlook on the American Colonies
		In the most vigorous of the middle colonies, the prevailing religious influence was that of the Society of Friends, whose members combined the most thoroughgoing theories of religious individualism with an extraordinary capacity for cooperative action in defense of their common interests.
		Governor Hunter of New York, by no means an undiscriminating admirer of the Anglican clergy, thought he had in his neighborhood “a good Sett of Missionaries who generally labour hard in their Functions and are men of good lives and ability”.
		Governor Robert Hunter of New York and New Jersey was a vigorous supporter of authority in government and emphatic in his profession of loyalty to the Church of England as the “most pure and best constituted church upon earth”; he was also a subscriber to the society’s funds.
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	Colonial House . Printable Page . Lesson Plans . Mythconceptions \| PBS
		QUESTION 1) The first European colony in the New World was in what is now the state of Virginia, and it was founded by the English.
		The first colony in what is now Virginia was Jamestown, and it was founded by the English in 1607.
		Colonial (and later, state) governors picked a day each autumn that was designated as a Day of Thanksgiving.
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	Armoria patriæ - Natal Colony
		What Paterson had produced was an illustration of a colonial seal on a standard pattern first used in the 1839 Great Seal of Newfoundland, a design which, Brownell points out, was “ideally suited for engraving, but certainly not for the use to which it was also put, namely as the distinguishing device on flags”.
		In September 1845 Natal was incorporated as a separate district of the Cape Colony and ruled by a handful of officials under a lieutenant-governor who answered to the Governor of the Cape.
		The report on colonial administration which Shepstone submitted to the Colonial Office in 1847 was the foundation of policy in Natal and elsewhere for the next 30 years.
	www.geocities.com /haigariep/NatalCol.html (4021 words)

	Stuart Banner \| Why Terra Nullius? Anthropology and Property Law in Early Australia \| Law and History Review, 23.1 \| ...
		As governor, King was the man ultimately responsible for implementing the policy of terra nullius, by granting parcels of Crown land and coordinating the colony's defense against the Aborigines.
		The remarks of colonial governors suggest that it was motivated by precisely the feeling Angas expressed—the sense that Aborigines deserved some land because Britons had taken that on which they formerly lived.
		By the 1840s the colonial government was concerned that there were too many "half-caste" children being born and that many of them quickly became victims of infanticide in Aboriginal communities.
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	Glossary: B
		The backcountry refers to the western edges of settlement in colonies from Pennsylvania south to the Carolinas.
		Replacing the Lords of Trade as overseers of colonial affairs, the board reviewed laws passed by colonial assemblies and nominated colonial governors.
		Bradford was the governor of Pilgrim Separatists at Plymouth Plantation.
	www.ushistoryplace.com /glossary/b.html (5071 words)

	archivists newsletter - BULLDOG, Maryland State Archives
		In the colonies, this conflict was known as King George's War (1744-1748), because it involved the family connection of German born and German bred George I. To a large extent, it was fought in Europe, but in the New World, it took place in Canada.
		With assistance from the northern colonies, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and an army of civilians, led by William Pepperrell, aided by the British, fleet, the impossible was accomplished.
		Governor Shirley now turned to plans for the invasion of Canada by a colonial militia, but the British military were not about to allow such an independent venture for their colonial subjects.
	www.mdarchives.state.md.us /msa/refserv/bulldog/bull87/html/bull87b.html (13172 words)

	Bronx County Historical Society \| Notable Bronxites
		Caleb Heathcote came from a family of English merchants and was so respected by many colonial governors that he was allowed to hold several colonial offices at the same time.
		Grandson of a colonial chief justice involved in the Zenger case that brought freedom of the press to America, Lewis Morris was an early supporter of the American Revolution.
		A native of colonial Connecticut, Samuel Seabury came to the town of Westchester, near Westchester Square, as the Rector of St. Peter’s Church.
	www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org /about/notablebronxites.html (7773 words)

	MARYLAND - Online Information article about MARYLAND
		governor, as well as lunatics or those who have been convicted of See also:
		Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
		veto power whatever was given to the governor until 1867, when, in the present constitution, it was provided that no See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MAR_MEC/MARYLAND.html (5312 words)

	Genealogical Publishing: Genealogy, Family History, Ancestry, Genealogy books
		The immense body of records of the colonial period in the Western Hemisphere presents a serious challenge to the researcher--in some cases even a stumbling block--and therefore in this work Mrs.
		The reader will appreciate, of course, that the subject matter is vast, covering the colonial records of all the Americas, from Latin America to the Caribbean, from the original Thirteen Colonies to Canada and New France, so of necessity the author has been at pains to be as comprehensive as possible.
		The scope of the work covers the period of colonial history from the beginning of European colonization in the Western Hemisphere up to the time of the American Revolution, and the records described are the primary records used in genealogical research.
	www.genealogical.com /item_detail.asp?ID=5176 (371 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of colonial governors in 1841 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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	The Libraries at SUNY Potsdam: Index List
		The documents are reproduced on microcard and contain the full text of all known existing books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in the United States (or British American colonies prior to Independence) from 1639 through 1800.
		The public papers from many of the governors of NY - see the catalog under the name of the governor.
		The Correspondence of the Colonial Governors of Rhode Island.
	www.potsdam.edu /library/home/Subjects/HistUSPrimSour.php (2957 words)

	HSP Manuscript Guide: 700-799
		Conrad Weiser was a Berks County farmer, tanner and president-judge who served as a colonial Indian agent and interpreter as well as Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the First Battalion of the Pennsylvania Regiment during the French and Indian War.
		Proprietary colonies such as Pennsylvania and company-charter colonies such as Rhode Island were grouped together under the heading of Plantation General.
		The logbook is a record of voyages on the Congress, commanded by Captain James Biddle, from Norfolk, Va., to the West Indies, 1822 and from Wilmington, Del., to South America and return, 1823-1824; also voyage of Grampus commanded by John D. Sloat, from Hampton Roads, Va. to the African coast, 1824.
	www2.hsp.org /collections/manuscripts/0700.htm (4193 words)

	New Netherland Project Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Calendar of New York Colonial Manuscripts Indorsed Land Papers in the Office of the Secretary of state of New York, 1643-1803.
		Education in New Netherland and the Middle Colonies: Papers of the 7th Rensselaerswyck Seminar of the New Netherland Project, eds.
		Hageman, Howard G. "The Dutch Battle for Higher Education in the Middle Colonies." Education in New Netherland and the Middle Colonies: Papers of the 7th Rensselaerswyck Seminar of the New Netherland Project.
	www.nnp.org /project/bibliography.html (6115 words)

	Alexander Hamilton
		Hamilton's natural inclinations were then, as always, toward the side of order and established government, but a visit to Boston in the spring of 1774, and a close examination of the questions in dispute, convinced him of the justice of the cause of the colonies.
		-Schuyler Hamilton, soldier, son of John Church Hamilton, born in New York city, 25 July, 1822, was graduated at the United States military academy in 1841, entered the 1st infantry, and was on duty on the plains and as assistant instructor of tactics at West Point.
		He served with honor in the Mexican war, being brevetted for gallantry at Monterey, and again for his brave conduct in an affair at Nil Flores, where he was attacked by a superior force of Mexican lancers, and was severely wounded in a desperate hand-to-hand combat.
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	HSP Manuscript Guide: 100-199
		Autograph letters and portraits, 1690-1921, of lawyers, judges, and others involved in the administration of law and justice in the courts of Pennsylvania, and of other states, from the early colonial period to the present.
		Among the letters are those of governors of Pennsylvania, 1789-1920; attorneys general of Pennsylvania, 1791-1920; members of the colonial bar, 1690-1775; members of the High Court of Error, 1761-1815; lawyers of the Revolutionary period, 1776-1801; justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1712-1921; and others.
		Miscellaneous papers relate to domestic affairs, local government, land transaction; correspondence of prominent men, illustrative of social, economic, legal, and political affairs during the colonial period; a volume of documents deals with the British army in Chester County, 1777.
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	Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Warren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Tayloe was born in Annapolis, Maryland, May 21, 1796, in the home of his maternal grandfather, Governor Benjamin Ogle, of Maryland.
		From 1864 to 1868 he served on the staff of Governor Hoffman, with the rank of colonel.
		He is regent of William Floyd Chapter, Sons of the Revolution; a member of the Founders and Patriots, Colonial Wars, Colonial Governors, and Mayflower societies.
	www.schenectadyhistory.org /families/hmgfm/warren-1.html (5893 words)

	Mary Norcott Bryan. A Grandmother's Recollection of Dixie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		She rowed to town in a boat manned by six slaves dressed in livery; she occupied a stall in the Episcopal Church, and had as her guests, Washington and Monroe.
		A traitor, covenanted to sell the place on a certain day; had a last interview with the Indians in a hut across the river, on the land where now rests the bones of two of our Governors; the night was dark and rainy, fit night for such a dastardly deed.
		Tryon's wife and sister, Esther Wake, were society queens and for the upper classes it was the golden days of the Colonial period, and while the people were groaning under the unjust taxation, revelry and mirth held high carnival in the palace.
	docsouth.unc.edu /bryan/bryan.html (10621 words)

	History - Ruth Baker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He had a large circle of friends and relatives and was widely known for his kindly acts and many charities.
		Ruth Baker's parents were descendants of pioneers, colonizers, and soldiers of colonial days in Massachusetts taking part in all the suffering and privations of that early period.
		Her descendants are entitled to membership in the following societies: "The Descendants of the Mayflower", "Descendants of Colonial Wars", "Colonial Dames", "The Descendants of Colonial Governors" and "Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution".
	www.familyforever.com /warnick/bio/rb.htm (3572 words)

	List of state leaders in 1841 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Egypt - Muhammad Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1805-1848)
		Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (1841)
		William Henry Harrison, President of the United States (1841)
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	The Illinois History Resource Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Tour of the Governor's Mansion and History and Views of the State Capitol
		George Rogers Clark Papers Includes information about Sons of the Revolution and Colonial Wars living in Illinois.
		Charles Guiteau Case The assassin of President James Garfield was born in Freeport, Illinois on September 8, 1841.
	www.historyillinois.org /hist.html (1786 words)

	US Hong Kong Policy Report
		From 1841 to 1985, Britain did not allow Hong Kong residents to vote for members of the
		The Legislative Council was composed of appointees of the colonial governor and
		had been forbidden by the colonial government until the late 1980's.
	www.gwu.edu /~jaysmith/HK_USRep.html (7866 words)

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