This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTION I It is a well known fact that during our colonial period Connecticut and Rhode Island were endowed by their royal charters with larger powers of self-government and greater freedom from royal control than were any of the British colonies extending from Newfoundland to Barbadoes. In the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTION I It is a well known fact that during our colonial period Connecticut and Rhode Island were endowed by their royal charters with larger powers of self-government and greater freedom from royal control than were any of the British colonies extending from Newfoundland to Barbadoes. In the British scheme of colonial management they occupied a position so anomalous and exceptional as to place them in a measure almost outside the category of colonies, according to the contemporary definition of that term. Whereas to the English official and merchant a colony was a dependency, the value of which varied according to the extent of its contribution to the prosperity of the mother country, these two colonies played practically no part in advancing the welfare of England; and, except as occasional incidents brought them to the attention of the Privy Council or the Board of Trade, they remained, particularly for the first half of the eighteenth century, small and relatively insignificant communities, largely unknown to the authorities at home and in no way serving, according to the phraseology of the day, as "a Dutiful Colony, attentive to the Interest and Welfare of the Mother Country." The Board of Trade described the situation accurately enough when it said in 1730, "We seldom hear from them except when they stand in need of the countenance, the protection, or the assistance of the Crown."1 In 1740, the board added, "The Crown has no revenue in this Government (Connecticut), nor is it known how they support their Government,"2 and again in 1741, "they think themselves by their charters little dependent on the Crown, and seldom pay obedience to royal orders."3 Why such a situation was allowed to continue, in the face of frequent...
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Very Good. First edition. Edited with introduction by Charles M. Andrews. Octavo. 200pp. Printed gray wrappers. Prospectus bound in. Faint ownership stamp and a modest crease, both on front wrap, chips at the edges of the yapped wrappers, very good. One of 102 numbered copies.
