The quest for power : the lower houses of assembly in the Southern Royal colonies, 1689-1776 /
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| Author / Creator: | Greene, Jack P., author. |
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| Imprint: | Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia, by The University of North Carolina Press [1963] Durham, N.C. : Printed by The Seeman Printery ©1963 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 528 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | UNC Press enduring editions UNC Press enduring editions. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11012078 |
| Related Items: | Print version:
Quest for power. |
Table of Contents:
- 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.