Uncovers the roots of the American political system: the development of colonial representative assemblies

Excerpt from Archives of Maryland, Vol. 64: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, October 1773 to April 1774 Both houses replied in a pleasant way to the pleasant opening speech of the Governor. Both agreed that the October date was the best possible season for their private affairs and the Lower House went so far as to take out of the first draft of their reply a somewhat ill-natured reference to the Governor's action in proroguing the Assembly to get William Steuart out of the jail into which the Lower House had thrown him (archives, LXII, pp. Xxvii-xxix, 421-425) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.