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Leslie I. Rudnyanszky
Ursinus College, B.A.
Lehigh University, M.A.
University of Notre Dame. M.A., Ph D.
M. Gale Hoffman Union College, B.A. University of Rome
Max J Munzel
University of Scranton, A.B.
George P. Ljutich
Seton Hall University, B.A. Rutgers University, M.A.
governor received instructions irom tne Crown or from officials appointed by the king.
Although the colonists admired and imi­
tated the rise of parliamentary power in
England, they questioned the enlargement
of its authority over the colonies. Did Parlia­
ment now have the authority over the
colonies that the Crown had originally exer­
cised ? Could Parliament adopt any law it
wished affecting the colonies? Or was there
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jannot be ta^ei^^ra^T^^n^^overnmenr vmong these rights are life, liberty, and the ursuit of happiness. After separating from
Britain, the English continental colonies— ut not Canada— became a nation called the Inited States of America. This develop- lcnt is now taken for granted, but no one in 775 could have predicted that it would appen.
I Armed conflict did not occur suddenly. Political, economic, and diplomatic troubles rere building up for more than a century
George I by his daug’ PrincessEls
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ing the changes were at the time nor unde* stood how they would affect everyone’s li More immediate in bringing mi iIn* A
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