Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in small part: >First, the colonials in >fact did try to use the government system in place. It did not obtain >the sought goals.
>Second, the Colonial Empire was not a republic, nor a democracy. So they >didn't *have* representation -it was a Monarchy. It was a monarchy, but they did have representation. The colonies had no representation in the House of Lords AFAIK. Founded on land grants emanating directly from the monarch, the colonies were not under lordship. However, there was at least one representative for the colonies in the House of Commons. (Probably several reps, I'm not sure.) The representative was picked by the company that had founded the colony. It was considered impracticable to have the colonists elect representatives. Remember that these colonies were founded by various means. In many cases they were commercial enterprises, and therefore were subject to corporate governance. At least one of the companies survives to the present day -- Bay, in Canada, being the remnant of the Hudson's Bay Company. However, ISTR Bay closing their last store recently, or some news of that nature. In Your Sly Tribe, Robert in the Bronx _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
