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	List of Governors of Delaware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Governors were chosen in October of 1792 and each subsequent third year, by popular vote for a three year term.
		Governors were chosen by popular vote for a four year term.
		Governors are chosen by popular vote for a four year term, in November of each Presidential election year, to take office the following January.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Delaware_Governors (331 words)

	Encyclopedia: Colonial governors by year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in each year.
		In politics and in history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a geographically-distant state (or city, in ancient times).
		This is a list of the leaders of major religions in any given year.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Colonial-governors-by-year (13025 words)

	List of Governors of Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of Governors of Virginia since Virginia became a U.S. state following the American Revolutionary War.
		The Governor of Virginia is forbidden by the Constitution of the Commonwealth from serving consecutive terms (the only U.S. state in which gubernatorial incumbents are forbidden from running for governor); however, several governors have served multiple non-consecutive terms.
		In Virginia, governors and lieutenant governors are elected separately, so the two can be of different political parties and can be political rivals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Virginia (158 words)

	1781 in Canada -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		December 18 - Troops sent from (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) New York, to coerce (A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies) New Hampshire grantees, learn that they will defend their rights.
		American independence is assured by the British surrender at (In 1781 during the American Revolution the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops) Yorktown.
		By the (A written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by gave the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens) Articles of Confederation, Congress controls the western lands.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/17/1781_in_Canada.htm (414 words)

	California During the Revolution
		Yet census figures show that as of 1781, the four presidios, two pueblos, and eleven missions of the province of Alta California were populated by no more than 600 persons exclusive of the indigenous groups.
		Governors and commanders assumed that the soldiers would remain in California following their tours of duty and local marriages and land grants were strong inducements to this end.
		The fathers of the Mexican governors Alvarado and Pico and of the Generals Vallejo and Castro had all begun as presidials, as were the founders of the important California houses of De la Guerra, Ortega, Peralta, Valencia, Sanchez, Bernal, Alviso, Galindo, Carrillo, Moraga, and others.
	www.americanrevolution.org /cal.html (7414 words)

	List of Newfoundland and Labrador lieutenant-governors - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is a list of viceroys for the colony, dominion and province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
		Governors of New France (1627-1760) - Governors of Acadia - Northwest Territories (1869-1905)
		List of Newfoundland and Labrador lieutenant-governors, Proprietary Governors (1610-1728), French Gouverneurs of Plaisance (1655-1713), Commodore-Governors (1729-1825), Civil Governors (1825-1855), Colonial and Dominion Governors (1855-1934), Commission Governors (1934-1949), Post-Confederation Lieutenant-Governors (1949-present) and External Link.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Governor_of_Newfoundland (168 words)

	United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The United States traces its national origin to the declaration by thirteen British colonies in 1776 that they were free and independent states.
		The original political structure was a confederation in 1777, ratified in 1781 as the Articles of Confederation.
		This tripartite system is duplicated, with variations, (such as elected governors instead of a president) at the state level.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/un/united_states.html (2553 words)

	Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	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)

	List of colonial governors in 1781 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1780 colonial governors - Events of 1781 - 1782 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
		Angola - José Gonçalo da Gama, Governor of Angola (1779-1782)
		Antonio Jose da Costa, Governor of Macau (1780-1781)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_in_1781 (71 words)

	Benjamin Franklin
		He and former colonial governor Thomas Pownall proposed alternative ways to create revenue in the colonies, but their proposals were ignored.
		The legislative assembly of each colony was to choose, once in three years, representatives to attend a Federal grand council, which was to meet every year at Philadelphia, as the City most convenient of access from north and south alike.
		The governor contended that these should be exempt from taxation; the assembly insisted rightly that these estates should bear their one share of the public burdens.
	www.benjaminfranklin.org (8070 words)

	Governors of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period
		PEDRO DE SARRIO—Appointed governor (ad interim) for the second time, November 22, 1787, on departure of Basco; insurrection in Ilocos because of tobacco monopoly, 1787; death of archbishop Santa Justa y Rufina, December 15, 1787; term as governor, November 22, 1787-July 1, 1788.
		JOSÉ MALCAMPO Y MONJE—Marques de San Rafael and rear-admiral; becomes governor, June 18, 1874; conquest of Joló, 1876; given title of count of Mindanao, December 19, 1876; mutiny of artillerymen; term as governor, June 18, 1874-February 28, 1877; given titles of count of Joló and viscount of Mindanao, July 20, 1877.
		RAMON BLANCO—Becomes governor, 1893; electric light established in Manila, 1895; formation of Katipunan society; outbreak of insurrection, August 30, 1896; Blanco opposed by ecclesiastics; term as governor, 1893-December 9 (date of royal decree removing him), 1896.
	www.zamboanga.com /html/Spanish_governors_of_the_philippines.htm (3240 words)

	West Indies Papers - UF Special and Area Studies Collections
		Correspondence of the various colonial governors of the British West Indies together with financial accounts and pay warrants.
		Correspondence of the various colonial governors of the British West Indies, together with financial accounts and pay warrants, during the latter part of the 18th and the early half of the 19th centuries.
		Governor Sir Charles Brisbane, repair of forts fortifications and buildings.
	www.uflib.ufl.edu /spec/manuscript/guides/WestIndies.htm (835 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.
		On 16 February, 1781, Hamilton took hasty offence at a reproof given him by Washington, and resigned from the staff, but he remained in the army, and at Yorktown commanded a storming party, which took one of the British redoubts.
		A list of the books written by or relating to Hamilton has been published under the title of "Bibliotheca Hamiltonia" by Paul L. Ford (New York, 1886).
	www.alexanderhamilton.org (6104 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1777 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar.
		Jump to: navigation, search The Continental Congress was the legislature of the Thirteen Colonies and later of the United States from 1774 to 1789, a period that included the American Revolutionary War and the Articles of Confederation.
		Alta California (Upper California) was formed in 1804 when the province of California, then a part of the Spanish colony of New Spain, was divided in two along the line separating the Franciscan missions in the north from the Dominican missions in the south.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1777 (3442 words)

	List of governors of Georgia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		List of governors of Georgia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about List of governors of Georgia contains research on
		List of governors of Georgia, Colonial governors and State governors.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Governor_of_Georgia (130 words)

	The Regional Review (1941)
		For 70 years the Governor's Palace at Williamsburg stood as the symbol of royal authority in colonial Virginia.
		It was destroyed by fire in December, 1781.
		In addition there were other maps, extensive inventories of three colonial governors, the Journals of the House of Burgesses, and other colonial records.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/regional_review/vol6-3-4a.htm (292 words)

	Colonial Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		That a colony was planted in Virginia, at or near Jamestown, in 1526, again on the Rappahannock in 1570, is not generally known.
		January 8, 1608, the first ship to arrive in the colony, since the settlement, anchored off Jamestown and landed what is termed the first supply of colonists who together with others, from a,ship arriving on the 20th of April, gave a total of 120 additional members, three in excess of the original number of settlers.
		Various contributions were made in England, and in the colony, for the purpose of creating a fund to be used in the education of Indian boys and girls.
	www.ls.net /~newriver/va/cridlin1.htm (19773 words)

	Tyler, Education in Colonial Virginia. V: Influence of William and Mary College
		The Supreme Court, as organized in 1778, consisted till 1788, of the three judges of the High Court of Chancery, the three judges of the General Court, and the three judges of the Admiralty Court.
		In the above list the first four were judges of the High Court of Chancery.
		The list above does not include the judges of the Special Court of Appeals appointed at a later day.
	www.dinsdoc.com /tyler-5.htm (579 words)

	Gaskins's Virginia Battalion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		To officers in charge of the rendezvous points elsewhere in the state, he urged that new levies be sent on as soon as possible.
		Their grievances would have been familiar to the Virginians-food, clothing, back pay, and housing-and it was only after several tense days that the mutiny ended by addressing some of the soldiers' complaints.
		Lafayette asked Governor Nelson to focus simultaneously on several difficult tasks: forming magazines; collecting arms and accouterments, both State and Continental; ensuring transportation; improving the men already in Continental service; and recruiting enough new ones to fill the state's quota (see Lafayette to Nelson, 8/7/81, Lafayette 4:302).
	www.virginiacampaign.org /gaskins/history.html (9867 words)

	BCPL History and Genealogy - Maryland History
		This historical book series published between 1883 and 1972 which includes transcriptions of the original colonial records from 1634 to 1820's has now been digitized.
		Impressive list of "Firsts" in medicine, science and Technology, sports, transportation, military, entertainment, monuments and much more.
		Colony of Maryland began in 1634 with the arrival of these two English ships
	www.bcplonline.org /info/history/maryland.html#day (775 words)

	List of Dalarna Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is a list of Governors for Dalarna County in Sweden from 1692 to present.
		Colonial governors from the fifteenth century to the present;: A comprehensive list,
		For the price, you can't go wrong.*I had purchased an abundance of the "Favorites" collection some were better than others.
	www.freeglossary.com /List_of_Dalarna_Governors (358 words)

	List of Laws, Writings, and Miscellaneous Documents
		Mayflower Compact, November 11, 1620 - Written by William Bradford, Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts.
		Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776 - Drawn up and ratified in Convention for the Colony of Virginia just prior to the Declaration of Independence, this document formed an important part of the Constitution of the State of Virginia, also supporting the future federal Bill of Rights.
		Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech on States's Rights, delivered while Governor of the State of New York, March 2, 1930 - Presents Constitutional views (popularly understood at the time) of the roles of and relationship between the States and the Federal government.
	www.lexrex.com /enlightened/combined.htm (1597 words)

	Sources for the American Revolution at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History
		The lists of names in four acts relating to confiscation or amercement of estates were omitted in the printing of those acts in volume 4 of Thomas Cooper and David J. McCord, eds., The Statutes at Large of South Carolina.
		The manuscript of this roll was deposited with the Secretary of State by agreement between the South Carolina Society of Cincinnati and the General Assembly in exchange for assistance with a limited edition publication in 1886.
		Listed in Great Britain, Public Record Office, Lists and Indexes No. xxxvi: List of Colonial Office Records, Preserved in the Public Record Office (Reprint Edition with annotations, New York: Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1963), p.
	www.state.sc.us /scdah/exhibits/revolution/revsources.htm (8805 words)

	List of Governors of Virginia
		Captain George Yeardley, President of the Council in Virginia, Deputy Governor, April, 1616 - May 15, 1617
		Captain Nathaniel Powell, President of the Council in Virginia, Acting Governor, April 19, 1619 - November 8, 1621
		Captain Francis West, President of the Council in Virginia, Acting Governor of Virginia, November, 1626 - March 5, 1629
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_governors_of_virginia.html (658 words)

	The Nation, 07/31/1902 - [Books Review]
		...The chapters on "Self-governing Colonies" and "Colonial Governors" are of special value for the light they throw upon the processes of political development...
		...It is excellently adapted to its purpose, tor it presents with admirable lucidity of style and arrangement a survey of the motives and methods of colonial expansion, an account of the general forms of colonial government, and an outline of administrative organization and legislative methods...
		...To be sure, the entire estimated population of the colonies drawn upon for this army Is only 220,000 or 230,000, but boy and graybeard, to the last male capable ot firing a gun, appear to have swelled the ranks...
	www.nationarchive.com /Summaries/v075i1935_15.htm (4369 words)

	Spanish and Portuguse Colonial Possessions
		Like Hong Kong, the colony was a Chinese window on the larger world and a good source of foreign currency.
		The list of Governors of Macao is from a page at the World Statesmen site.
		Cuba, whose governors are at right, was one of the earliest Spanish colonies, and one of the last.
	www.friesian.com /newspain.htm (8286 words)

	List of Governors of North Carolina - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		List of Governors of North Carolina - InfoSearchPoint.com
		This is a list of the governors of North Carolina from the colonial period to the present.
		John Archdale 1695-1696 (Governor of North and South Carolina)
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Governor_of_North_Carolina (71 words)

	New Jersey Colonial Sites
		Colonial house located at the foot of the Palisades near where the British climbed up to attack Fort Lee in 1776.
		Run by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America.
		Colonial house, part of Thomas Whitlock homestead, 1663-1703.
	pirate.shu.edu /~luriemax/new_jersey_colonial_sites.htm (121 words)

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