He therefore proposed, that in votes relating to money, the voice of each colonyshould be proportioned to the number of its inhabitants.
Moreover, the boundaries of each colony, in those days, were in most cases the boundaries likewise of the personal reputations it cherished.
With the exception of such matters of general concern as were to be managed by the Grand Council, each colony was to retain its powers of legislation intact.
By providing for a civil list in each colony, to be responsible only to the Crown, it aimed at American self-government even a more deadly blow than had been aimed at it by the Stamp Act.
Any measure approved by a majority of less than six was to be referred to the general court of each colony, and the consent of all was necessary to its adoption.
Each colony retained a distinct and separate jurisdiction; no two colonies could join in one jurisdiction without the consent of the whole; and no other colony could be received into the confederacy without the like consent.
A quota of this sum was apportioned to each colony, and each colony was made liable to discharge its proportion of the whole, but the United Colonies were obligated to pay any part which either of the colonies should fail to discharge.
They declared, as the reason for the course which they adopted, that the Congress were not possessed of, or able to procure, the proper materials for ascertaining the importance of each colony.
As common grievances against the operation of this machinery of control arose, there appeared in each colony a considerable body of men, with the merchants in the lead, who chafed at the restraints imposed on their enterprise.
Review of outstanding events in history of each colony, using Elson, History of the United States, pp.
Each colony in time developed its own legislature elected by the voters; it grew accustomed to making laws and laying taxes for itself.
This, of course, suggests that the size of each colony may be less important for long-term survival than is the total number of colonies.
The nature of this paper and the scale of our maps do not allow for detailed resolution of each colony's location (for the most part this information is not available), but rather facilitates a general impression of status.
To learn the distribution and relative importance of seabird colonies, the number of pairs nesting and nonbreeding individuals at each colony, and the timing of breeding activities for each geographical region.
Franklin and others protested to the ministry, and declared the willingness of the colonies to pay taxes assessed in a lump sum on each colony.
At the request of the ministry, the colonial agents suggested as stamp collectors some of the most respected and eminent men in each colony.
In each colonyin 1750 were to be found two sets of governing organizations,--the local and the general.
The English common law was accepted in all the colonies, but it was modified everywhere by statutes, according to the need of each colony.
The treasurers here meant are only for the general funds, and not for the particular funds of each colony, which remain in the hands of their own treasurers at their own disposal.
He, therefore, proposed, that in votes relating to money, the voice of each colony should be proportioned to the number of its inhabitants.
There was established in each colony a legislative branch for the enactment of laws, an executive branch to see that the laws were enforced, and a judicial branch for the interpretation of the laws.
In each colony, likewise, there was a legislature.
As each colony was to have an equal vote in the conduct of the league, Massachusetts was placed at a disadvantage.
But the limits of this work do not permit a sketch of the local and internal history of each colony.
Up to 1700 the history of each colony is the history of a unit; the impulse of colonization came in successive waves, but each little commonwealth had its own interests, its own struggles, and looked forward to its own future.
A final feature of the plan was the provision that each Colony might in a sudden emergency take measures for its own defence, and call upon the President-General and Council for reimbursement.
Although every ten years or so there comes to each colony a period of intense speculation in land, with a consequent reaction, it is a generally accepted maxim, that 'you cannot go far wrong in buying land.
The railways from capital to capital will, of course, be constructed by the Governments of each colony.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "each colony" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
