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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 2 0 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
utch towns, at first twelve, then perhaps eight in number, had mitigated the arbitrary authority 1642. of Kieft. There was no distinct concession of legislative power to the people; but the people had, without a teacher, become convinced of the right of resistance. The brewers refused to pay an arbitrary excise: Were 1644 Aug. 18. we to yield, said they, we should offend the eight men, and the whole commonalty. The large proprietaries did not favor popular freedom; the commander of Rensselaer Stein had even raised a battery, that the 1644. canker of freemen might not enter the manor; but Chap. XV.} 1647. the patrons cheerfully joined the free boors in resisting arbitrary taxation. As a compromise, it was proposed that, from a double nomination by the villages, the governor should appoint tribunes, to act as magistrates in trivial cases, and as agents for the towns, to give their opinion whenever they should be consulted. Town meetings were absolutely prohibited. Albany Rec