Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Kieft” in entry democracy-in-new-netherland of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...welve were the vigorous seeds of that representative democracy which bore fruit in all the colonies more than a century later.
Again, when the colony was threatened with destruction by the Indians, Kieft summoned the people into council (September, 1643), who chose eight men as the popular representatives to act with the governor in public affairs.
Again when Gov. Peter Stuyvesant (q. v.) found the...
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† | William Kieft | 93 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 0 user votes | |
Wilhelm Kieft | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Withelmus Kieft | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Kieft | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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