North Carolina (Classic Reprint): A Study in English Colonial Government: A Study in English Colonial Government (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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A clear, well-researched look at how proprietary rule gave way to royal administration in early North Carolina.

This book examines the rise and fall of the colonial government from 1663 to 1729, showing how land, finance, and defense shaped law and policy. The author traces the power of the Lords Proprietors and the evolution of the provincial system, then explains how royal authority altered taxation, currency, and governance. Readers will gain a grounded understanding of the period’s key institutions and the forces that moved North Carolina from proprietary control toward a royal framework.

• How the proprietary period set early political structures and policies
• How land grants, quit-rents, and taxation affected colonists and government
• How currency, bills of credit, and fiscal policy influenced everyday life
• How the transition to royal administration reshaped law, defense, and administration

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