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Albert Bushnell Hart Quotes

American - Historian | July 1, 1854 - July 16, 1943

The Stuart sovereigns of England steadily attempted to strengthen their power, and the resistance to that effort caused an immense growth of Parliamentary influence.

Albert Bushnell Hart

Growth Power Effort Influence Caused

More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.

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More Thrown England Than Local Thus

In any event, colonization and the grant of lands were provincial matters.

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Matters Event Grant Provincial Lands

In each colony in 1750 were to be found two sets of governing organizations, - the local and the general.

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Two Found General Governing Local

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.

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Government People Three Participation

Besides paid white laborers, there was everywhere a class of white servants bound without wages for a term of years, and a more miserable class of Negro slaves.

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White Class More Miserable Without

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

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Defeat Washington Military Active

Few characters in history are indispensable.

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History Indispensable Characters Few

From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder.

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History Man Orange Turn Without

As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.

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War Loss Country Happens Some Often

In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763.

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Government New Colonies Trade Well

In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world.

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World Powerful Nation English Most

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