Civil Government in the United States Considered with - Some Reference to Its Origins by John Fiske
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Parish and vestry clerks; beadles, waywardens, haywards, common-drivers, churchwardens, etc. Transition from the English parish to the New England township Building of states out of smaller political units Representation; shire-motes; Earl Simon's Parliament The township as the "unit of representation" in the shire-mote and in the General Court Contrast with the Russian village-community which is not represented in the general government QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE CHAPTER III. THE COUNTY. Section 1. _The County in its Beginnings_. Why do we have counties? |
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