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Parochial Libraries in the American Colonies
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(The) effect of the revolution of 1688 in the American colonies.
Typewritten sheets in cover. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University Bibliography: 3 p. at end. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive.
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The Distribution of Population in the American Colonies in the Revolutionary Period
Both the numbers of the population of the American colonies in 1775 and the distribution of that population have long been the object of speculation. It is the purpose of this study to draw some conclusions as to the number of people in each colony, to show by means of maps the location of that …
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WORDS, BRICKS AND DEEDS: THE FOUNDATIONS OF HOME RULE IN THE BRITISH-AMERICAN COLONIES
The legal and cultural tension between cities, towns and state government, characterized as the question of home rule, has existed since the creation of the Republic. The founding of the New World required the creation of new settlements and these settlements serve as an example of settler’s …
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Musical attitudes and activities of representative American statesmen
… survey of social and cultural backgrounds in the American colonies during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the years of the nation's birth, and (2) investigate and document the attitudes toward music and the musical activities of such representative American colonial statesmen as George …
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"""The power of a wise imagination"": Case studies in value conflict in early eighteenth century America"
… surrounding a variety of issues discussed in the American colonies in the first half of the eighteenth century reveals a persistent clash of values. During this period, colonists debated the legitimacy of paper money, the role of itinerant ministers, the basis of political power, and the …
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A Comparison of the Status of Widows in Eighteenth-Century England and Colonial America.
… established dower, which was also used in the American colonies. Dower guaranteed widows the right to one-third of the land and property of her husband. Jointure was instituted in England in 1536 and enabled men to bypass dower and settle a yearly sum on a widow. The creation of jointure was …
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The rhetorical strategy of victimization in Sioux rhetoric from 1866 to 1883.
A popular image of the Native American in the minds of many white Americans from colonial times through the nineteenth century was that of an uncivilized and heathen inhabitant of the North American continent. As the American colonies expanded into the United States of America, the Native American …
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Colonial Music, Confraternities, and Power in the Archdiocese of Lima
… how these forces operated throughout the Spanish American colonies, challenging a retroactive, historically inappropriate narrative of unilateral Spanish domination, racial essentialism, and homogenization of subaltern groups.
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George Whitefield's theology and methodology of evangelism
… and theological context of England and the American colonies during the eighteenth century. Attention is given to the state of the Church in England and in America. Chapter 3 analyzes George Whitefield's theology of evangelism. It presents information regarding his theological beliefs …
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The civil-military conflict in British West Florida, 1763-1783
… had broad authority over the military in the American colonies. This authority, however, conflicted sharply with similar prerogatives granted to royal governors. With neither side willing to surrender any of their power or authority, a series of battles broke out over the supremacy of the army …
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Memory of Islam : culture and politics in sixteenth-century religious architecture of Mexico and Peru
… of two church typologies employed in the Spanish American colonies during the sixteenth century. The first, developed in Mexico, is the Open Chapel; the second, which I call "Lateral" Church, was very common in Peru and is characterized by the shift of the main entrance from the front to the side …
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"Freedom Wears a Cap": The Law, Liberty, and Opportunity for British Convict Servants in Virginia, 1718-1788
… time providing much needed labor for her North American colonies. This thesis argues that the legislative body of Virginia initially responded by passing legislation intended to limit the dangers presented by the introduction of convict servants into the colony. However, the significant demand …
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Theater and Empire: A History of Assumptions in the English-Speaking Atlantic World, 1700-1860"
… with the independence of the thirteen North American colonies, and theater began representing Native Americans and African American populations in ways that rationalized the dominant society's behavior toward them. By utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, this research attempts to advance …
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Tides of War: Privateering, The British Economy, and The Winning of the American Revolution, 1772-1783
<p>The standard answer to why the American colonies defeated the most powerful military force on Earth is French aid. The American Revolution may have been short-lived without the help of the avenging Bourbon Dynasty, but this thesis argues that privateering was just as pivotal to victory. If …
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James Magee (1707-1797) and the Belfast print trade, 1771-1781
… on material produced by Magee throughout the American War of Independence and argues that by his reprinting of original and riskier texts from the American colonies, as well as his first-time printings of local authors engaging in the Revolutionary debates, Belfast politics and print were …
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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND THE BRITISH IMPERIAL DILEMMA
… and political pressures arising from the American Civil War. Rather than this being a basic ‘withdrawal’, or ‘abandonment’ in the face of US power as is argued on the rare occasions diplomatic or strategic studies touch upon the British North American Act: this thesis argues that the …
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Men of One Book: A Comparison of Two Methodist Preachers, John Wesley and George Whitefield
… only England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the American colonies, but also included Calvinists and Arminians. But even though itinerant preaching occupied a privileged place in the efforts of Wesley and Whitefield to further evangelical revival, their public ministries did not consist wholly of …
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Prairie Paupers: North Dakota Poor Farms, 1879-1973
… system of poor relief from the Elizabethan and American colonial poor laws. Poorhouses were a part of poor relief practices that also included local responsibility, outdoor relief, indenture of paupers, the poor list, expulsion of non-resident paupers, pauper burial, discouragement of vagrancy, …
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The Attitude of the British Government Toward Colonial Currency 1751-1775
<p>Colonial American history has Interested many eminent writers who have contributed much valuable material. Yet, there remain fields of colonial history to be uncovered, one of which is the money issue. A study of one phase of the subject—the attitude of Great Britain toward colonial currency—Is …
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