The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century. E-book. Formato PDF Herbert L. Osgood   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The author is fully aware that the attempt to analyze and compare the institutions of fifteen colonies, and to trace their political history, even in part, during a period of half a. Century or more, is a work of some complexity. In his effort to do this he has limited himself, in nearly all in stances, to the seventeenth century and to the material which was accessible for that period of time. This it was necessary to do in order to show what the governmental system was before the transition from the chartered colonies to the system of royal provinces occurred.

The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century: The Chartered Colonies, Beginnings of Self-Government. E-book. Formato PDF Herbert L. Osgood   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Upon conditions of plantation depended size and variety of estates Estates larger in provinces than in New England Proprietary reserves and manors Maryland The Carolinas The Jerseys. Pennsylvania The patroonships of New Netherland Colonies and small grants in New Netherland Question of mortmain in Maryland Proprietary income from land Alienation fines in Maryland Sales of land in Pennsylvania and Maryland Quitrents in all the provinces Forms in which quitrents were paid Struggles over quitrents in New Jersey Under Berkeley and Carteret Under the twenty-four proprietors Rents in New Netherland Quitrents in New York Policy of the early governors Policy of Governor Dongan Administrative machinery Development of land o?ice' In Maryland.