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	New York State Senate >> About the Senate >> Historical Timeline
		In December of 1653, the governor dismisses demands for increased self-government from a delegation representing the settlers.
		Governor Dongan, his Council and delegates meet at Fort James in New York City and pass the "Charter of Liberties and Privileges" which establishes an elected Assembly to share legislative power with the governor and his Council.
		The governor and senators are to be elected by men who had a freehold worth 100 pounds above indebtedness and assemblymen are to be elected by men who are a county resident for six months, paid taxes, and either owned a freehold worth 20 pounds or rented one for 40 shillings.
	www.senate.state.ny.us /sws/aboutsenate/timeline.html (3416 words)

	Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy
		Whyte and the colonial treasurer, Charles Meredith (q.v.) were the first to go on ministerial tours, and as a result vigorous efforts were made to open up the country by constructing roads and bridges.
		The colonial office was unable to understand that convict labour could not be made to pay its way, and Wilmot was made responsible for the faults of a system he had no power to amend.
		He was also in the forefront of the struggle with Gipps concerning generally the powers of the council and the governor on the land question, and in 1846 moved and carried an address to the governor acquainting him that the council could not entertain a bill he had originated.
	gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html (20437 words)

	FRANCIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Looking backwards and forwards from this point, the French colonial Empire went through two major phases, the original expansion of the 17th and 18th centuries, and the conquests of the 19th century.
		While French colonialism may have had less of the racism and racial separateness that now seem characteristic of British practice, it nevertheless was rather more intent on imposing French "civilization" and less tolerant of taking "no" for an answer -- while the British condescended to allow quaint native customs and institutions to survive, within limits.
		A curious survival of French colonialism is the French Foreign Legion, the Légion Etrangère.
	www.friesian.org /francia.htm (14328 words)

	PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF - Online Information article about PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF
		Jenkins, et al., Pennsylvania, Colonial and Federal (3 vols., Philadelphia, 1903).
		Jackson, Outline of the Literary History of Colonial Pennsylvania (New York, 1908).
		introductory to the same author's Colony and Commonwealth, is an interesting study of the various nationalities and religions represented among the settlers of the state.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAS_PER/PENNSYLVANIA_UNIVERSITY_OF.html (2580 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)

	Encyclopedia: List of colonial governors in 1871 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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	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.
		A great meeting was held in the fields, 6 July, 1774, to force the lagging Tory assembly of New York into line.
		From 1871 till 1875 he filled the post of hydrographic engineer for the department of docks in New York city.
	www.alexanderhamilton.org (6104 words)

	The Illinois History Resource Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Official State of Illinois Home Page or Governor Rod R. Blagojevich and a tour of the The Executive Mansion
		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.
	www.historyillinois.org /hist.html (1786 words)

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