In some of the middle colonies the towns and counties were both active and had a relation with each other which was the forerunner of the present system of local government in the Western States. - Albert Bushnell Hart 1 Share Now -
Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions. - Albert Bushnell Hart 2 Share Now -
The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government. - Albert Bushnell Hart 3 Share Now -
In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763. - Albert Bushnell Hart 4 Share Now -
