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The Quest for Power The Lower Houses of Assembly in the Southern Royal Colonies, 1689-1776 / by Jack P. Greene.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greene, Jack P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Politics and government--To 1775.
- United States.
- Georgia. Commons House of Assembly.
- Georgia.
- South Carolina. General Assembly. Commons House.
- South Carolina.
- North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Burgesses.
- North Carolina.
- Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses.
- Virginia.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (528 pages)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
- Summary:
- In this study, Greene describes the rise of the lower houses in the four southern royal colonies--Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia--in the period between the Glorious Revolution and the American War for Independence. It assesses the consequences of the success of the lower houses, especially the relationship between their rise to power and the coming of the American Revolution.
- Contents:
- Backdrop to power. Process and pattern ; The configuration of politics
- Control over finance. Money bills ; Accounts ; Expenditures ; Paper money
- Control over the civil list. Salaries ; Fees
- Control over legislative proceedings. Membership ; Internal proceedings
- Control over executive affairs. Revenue officers ; Public works and services ; Colonial agents ; Public printers ; Military affairs ; Indian affairs ; Courts and judges ; Church offices
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [496]-504) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908412-1-6
- 979-88-908412-2-3
- 0-8078-3944-2
- 1-4696-1129-5
- OCLC:
- 1082877112
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