CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Object of the work-A colony, what?-English colonies classed

-What classes treated of in this work-What objects

sought in founding and maintaining colonies-Surplus

population carried away-Trade-How proposed benefits

are to be obtained-Examples-Of two systems of coloni-

zation

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CHAPTER II.

English colonization in America-Virginia, 1606—Maryland,

1632-New England, 1620-Massachusetts-Connecticut

-Rhode Island-Carolina, 1663-Pennsylvania, 1681-

Georgia, 1732

CHAPTER III.

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American colonies- General description Comparison-

Boundaries of the United States in 1783-Boundaries in

1849-American system-Some results-Power of Con-

gress as to Waste lands-Territories-States-An ordi-

nance quoted-General conclusions.

CHAPTER IV.

SECTION I.-General view-Plan-Nomenclature - Settle-

ment-Province- System.

SECTION II.-Settlement-Mode of establishing-Survey-

First sale of land-Government-Extent of interference

by the mother-country-Colony self-sustaining-Means,

land, etc.-The money of the colony, how dealt with-

Census-When settlement becomes a province-Frame of

the government-Powers of-Judicature .

Digression concerning Land Fund

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SECTION III.-Province-Declared-Tripartite constitution

-Of what composed-Powers of-Civil list-Land fund

-Trade-Disputes respecting powers-The church-

Education

SECTION IV.- System -What-New Zealand excluded-

Provinces included-British North America-Australasia

-South Africa-Boundaries and extent of provinces-

Objections stated and answered—The united legislature—

Form of Legislative Administrative Judicial-

Powers of legislature-Powers of the administrative body

-Powers of judiciary sketched

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CHAPTER V.

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British North America-Circumstances peculiar thereto-

Provinces existing-Danger of separation imminent-Plan

for the union of provinces previously proposed-Lord

Durham-Memorandum of plan-Changes proposed-

Desires of American politicians with respect to British

America-Mode of defeating them-Conclusion

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APPENDIX.

A.

An Act to establish the territorial Government of Oregon . 227

B.

A Bill for the admission of the State of Wisconsin into the

A Graduated Table, showing the comparative amount of

money appropriated by the different counties in the State,

for the education of each child, between the ages of 4 and

16 years, in each county of the state of Massachusetts. . 246

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EXPLANATION OF THE ANNEXED MAP.

THE whole that is marked with the shades of GREEN, constitutes the present United States of America. The darkest shade of Green shows the present extent of the Old Thirteen States who declared themselves independent in 1776. The next shade shows the extent of the States and Territories that have been added to the Union since the year 1783, when the United States were by us acknowledged to be independent. The lightest shade of Green shows the Wild Lands belonging to the United States not yet constituted Territories according to their system.

The RED shows the extent of the English possessions in North America.

On the GREEN, there are now dwelling nearly 25,000,000 of souls-excluding Indians. On the Red, there are less than 2,000,000 of souls, also excluding the Indian Tribes.