An Introduction to the Study of Colonial History, for Use in Secondary Schools

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Bureau of printing, 1912 - 262 páginas

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Página 148 - But no man, who can have a piece of land of his own, sufficient by his labor to subsist his family in plenty, is poor enough to be a manufacturer, and work for a master.
Página 150 - They had not only a respect, but an affection, for Great Britain, for its laws, its customs and manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce.
Página 184 - State, to conduct the business transacted in the United Kingdom in relation to the government of and the correspondence with India...
Página 177 - I think it will clearly follow that this Country has no interest whatever in exercising any greater influence in the internal affairs of the Colonies, than is indispensable either for the purpose of preventing any one Colony from adopting measures injurious to another, or to the Empire at large...
Página 177 - Said our Lady of the Snows. A Nation spoke to a Nation, A Throne sent word to a Throne: ' Daughter am I in my mother's house, But mistress in my own.
Página 20 - A good book on colonial government (Reinsch, p. 16) defines a colony, on the other hand, as " an outlying possession of a national State, the administration of which is carried on under a system distinct from, but subordinate to, the government of the national territory.
Página 250 - Keep ye the Law — be swift in all obedience — Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford. Make ye sure to each his own That he reap where he hath sown ; By the peace among Our peoples let men know we serve the Lord!
Página 39 - Governor . . . should be instructed that he must carry on his government by heads of departments in whom the United Legislature shall repose confidence; and that he must look for no support from home in any contest with the legislature, except on points involving strictly imperial interests".
Página 211 - Persons appointed by the Governor-General with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.
Página 211 - There is a legislature of two houses; a Senate of 15 members elected for four years and a House of Representatives of 30 members elected for two years. Sessions, limited to 60 days, are held biennially.

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