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Author Greene, Jack P., author.

Title The quest for power : the lower houses of assembly in the Southern Royal colonies, 1689-1776 / by Jack P. Greene
Published 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

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 528 pages)
Series UNC Press enduring editions
UNC Press enduring editions.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-504) and index
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Subject Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses.
North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Burgesses.
South Carolina. General Assembly. Commons House
Georgia (Colony). Commons House of Assembly
SUBJECT North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Burgesses fast
South Carolina. General Assembly. Commons House fast
Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses fast
Subject Legislative bodies -- Southern States -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Legislative bodies
Politics and government
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140411
Subject Southern States
United States
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781469611297
1469611295
Other Titles Lower houses of assembly in the Southern Royal colonies, 1689-1776