INDEX
Addison, Joseph: 38
Admiralty: instructions regarding jurisdiction, 121-122; relations with Board of Trade, 121-123 ; protection of colonial waters, 122 ; protection of witnesses, 122
Admiralty Courts: 121-122
Agents, Colonial: Board of Trade clerks forbidden to serve, 70-71 ; governors must maintain, 156; value to colony, 266-267
Albany: forts, 323; congress, 340
Albemarle, Earl of: 151, footnote
Alderney (island) : 95
Altamaha (river) : 331
Amherst, Gen. Jeffery: 350
Andros, Edmund: 19
Anne, Queen: 86-88
Appeals: how considered, 88; action of committees, 95-96; effect on laws, 274-275 ; procedure, 275- 276 ; Board of Trade considers, 276-279 ; committee considers legal questions, 280-281
Appointments: not controlled by Board of Trade, in; influence of Bishop of London, 124; by secretary of state, 142-143 ; of provincial councillors, 124, 146 ; of colonial secretaries, 147-148 ; of colonial chief justices and attorneys-general, 148 ; of proprietary governors, 149 ; Board of Trade controls, 150; of judges, 152-153, 195-209; promotions, 152
Ashe, Edward: 60
Assembly, Colonial : rise and increase of power, 11, 158-179; en
croachments, 13, 160; excludes councils from legislation, 165-174; Board of Trade tries to check, 172-173; transfers power to America, 173-174; seizes military power, 174; effect of increased power, 174; nullifies Indian policy, 175 ; judiciary dependent upon, 198-199 ; modifies laws, 262-263 I causes revolution in government, 361-362. Of Maryland — controls money bills, 169; refuses appropriation for French and Indian War, 169-170. Of Massachusetts Bay — powers described, 167-168 ; Board of Trade warns, 178. Of Neiv Jersey — disburses military grants, 166; controls money bills, 166 ; audits accounts, 166-167. Of New York — appoints treasurer, 160; controls expenditures, 160-162; amendments to money bills, 160-161 ; controls appointments, 163 ; in time of war, 165 ; refuses permanent revenue, 183; judges commissions, 202. Of Norl/i Carolina — controls money affairs, 171-172; permits no amendments to money bills, 172. Of Pennsylvania — power of council, 170; controls money affairs, 170; borrows money, 170-171; issues bills of credit, 171 ; corrupts governor, 171. Of South Carolina - controls appointments, 172; develops committee system, 172
Atkins, Edmund: 341