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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.

Publication Info. 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).
Physical Medium monochrome
Description text file
Series UNC Press enduring editions
UNC Press enduring editions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-504) and index.
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.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses.
Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses.
North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Burgesses.
North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Burgesses.
South Carolina. General Assembly. Commons House.
South Carolina. General Assembly. Commons House.
Georgia (Colony). Commons House of Assembly.
United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
United States.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term To 1775
Subject Legislative bodies -- Southern States -- History.
Legislative bodies.
Southern States.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Title Lower houses of assembly in the Southern Royal colonies, 1689-1776
Other Form: Print version: Greene, Jack P. Quest for power. Chapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press [1963] (DLC) 63021077 (OCoLC)510727
ISBN 9781469611297 (electronic book)
1469611295 (electronic book)
0807839450
9780807839454