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... History of American Literature , ii . : Edward Channing's Town and County Government , and Navigation Acts . Contemporary Accounts . - Benjamin Franklin's Autobiogra- phy [ 1706-1771 1 CHAPTER I THE AMERICANS IN 1750.
... History of American Literature , ii . : Edward Channing's Town and County Government , and Navigation Acts . Contemporary Accounts . - Benjamin Franklin's Autobiogra- phy [ 1706-1771 1 CHAPTER I THE AMERICANS IN 1750.
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... towns , townships , manors , hundreds , ridings , liber- ties , parishes , plantations , shires , and counties . Leaving out of account minor variations , there were three types of local government , town government , county govern ...
... towns , townships , manors , hundreds , ridings , liber- ties , parishes , plantations , shires , and counties . Leaving out of account minor variations , there were three types of local government , town government , county govern ...
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... town meeting . " Since some of the towns were organized before the colo- nial legislatures began to pass comprehensive laws , the towns continued , by permission of the colonial govern- ments , to exercise extended powers . The ...
... town meeting . " Since some of the towns were organized before the colo- nial legislatures began to pass comprehensive laws , the towns continued , by permission of the colonial govern- ments , to exercise extended powers . The ...
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... town chose a member of the county board of supervisors ; in Pennsylvania the county officers as well as the town officers became elec- tive . Whatever the variations , the effect of local gov- ernment throughout the colonies was the ...
... town chose a member of the county board of supervisors ; in Pennsylvania the county officers as well as the town officers became elec- tive . Whatever the variations , the effect of local gov- ernment throughout the colonies was the ...
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... towns . The colonies had only three indus- tries , agriculture , the fisheries , and shipping . Tobacco Economic had for more than a century been the staple conditions . export . Next in importance was the New Eng- land fishery ...
... towns . The colonies had only three indus- tries , agriculture , the fisheries , and shipping . Tobacco Economic had for more than a century been the staple conditions . export . Next in importance was the New Eng- land fishery ...
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