An expert's final word on institutional development and change in colonial Rhode Island.
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Fascinating . . . marked by . . . meticulous research and a narrative packed with detail, illustrations, and shrewd insight. -- Providence Sunday Journal
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6 x 9 trim. 2 maps. LC 99-39782
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English people who started colonies in America commonly assumed that they could carry with them some parts of life in the Old World while replacing others-and then learned to their perplexity that neither transplanting nor reform would work as they hoped. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
proprietary syndicates, town council proceedings, colonial metamorphoses, untitled records, pew tax, town council records, town meeting records, principal sachems, proprietary organizations, corporate standing, undivided land, ecclesiastical complex, colonial elections, probate jurisdiction, persistent localism, colonial treasury, select meetings, fence viewers, colonial jurisdiction, colonial statutes, mainland towns, train bands, town government, attested copy, charter government Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, East Greenwich, Narragansett Bay, Grand Committee, Providence Plantations, Block Island, Church of England, King Philip's War, General Court of Trials, Six Principle, General Treasurer, Roger Williams, Four Mile Common, Committee of War, Governor Cranston, New Shoreham, Old World, Holy Spirit, William Harris, Long Wharf, Samuel Gorton, Seventh Day Baptists, South Kingstown, General Recorder, Greenwich Bay New!
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English people who started colonies in America commonly assumed that they could carry with them some parts of life in the Old World while replacing others-and then learned to their perplexity that neither transplanting nor reform would work as they hoped. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
proprietary syndicates, town council proceedings, colonial metamorphoses, untitled records, pew tax, town council records, town meeting records, principal sachems, proprietary organizations, corporate standing, undivided land, ecclesiastical complex, colonial elections, probate jurisdiction, persistent localism, colonial treasury, select meetings, fence viewers, colonial jurisdiction, colonial statutes, mainland towns, train bands, town government, attested copy, charter government Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, East Greenwich, Narragansett Bay, Grand Committee, Providence Plantations, Block Island, Church of England, King Philip's War, General Court of Trials, Six Principle, General Treasurer, Roger Williams, Four Mile Common, Committee of War, Governor Cranston, New Shoreham, Old World, Holy Spirit, William Harris, Long Wharf, Samuel Gorton, Seventh Day Baptists, South Kingstown, General Recorder, Greenwich Bay New!
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- The Transatlantic Constitution: Colonial Legal Culture and the Empire by Mary Sarah Bilder in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Fault Lines of Empire: Political Differentiation in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, 1760-1830 (New World in the Atlantic World) by Elizabeth Mancke in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Fault Lines of Empire: Political Differentiation in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, 1760-1830 (New World in the Atlantic World) by Elizabeth Mancke in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Creating Portland: History and Place in Northern New England (Revisiting New England) by Joseph Conforti in Front Matter
- Black Bangor: African Americans in a Maine Community, 1880-1950 (Revisiting New England) by Maureen Lee in Front Matter
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