Popular government-Continued
may exist in any form of State, 2-
4 ; no modern State wholly under,
Porto Rico, special tariff for, held
valid, 562, 563; administration of,
574
Post Office Act, of 1707, objected to
by American Colonies, 121
Pownall, Thomas, quotation from
his book, The Administration of
the Colonies, 111, 112, 192, 210-
Poynings' Law, in Ireland, its pro-
visions, 50
Pradier-Fodéré, M., derivation of
"territory" in his Traité de Droit
International Public, 103
President of the United States, his
constitutional powers respecting
the dependencies, 445-453; pow-
ers actually exercised by him, 574;
properly the active administrator
of the insular dependencies, 581-
587, 593, 594
Privileged Companies (English),
their institution and objects, 52-
54
Privileged Companies (French),
their institution and objects, 18,
Privy Council, institution of, 26; as
Imperial Council under Charles
I., 66, 68; under Cromwell, 78;
Committee of, under Charles II.,
as Imperial Council, 84; Commit-
tee of, for Plantations Affairs,
continued from 1675 until 1782 as
Imperial Council, 88; same Com-
mittee revived in 1784, 500;
ceased to exist in 1800, 501;
same Committee temporarily re-
vived in 1849, 506
Property, dependencies as, of the
State, 247, 248; meaning of, as
applied to dependencies, 361;
meaning of, in Imperial clause of
U. S. Constitution, 463, 464
Protectorate over uncivilized tribes,
or constitutional protectorate,
meaning of, 353
Providence Plantations, Charter of
1644, its provisions, 72, 73
Province, meaning of, 94-100
Pym, John, member of Imperial
Council of 1643, 69-71, 73
Quebec Act, of 1774, objections of
American Colonies to, 259
Raleigh, Sir Walter, as Lord Pro-
prietor of Carolina, 29, 30
Regulation, meaning of, in the pub-
lic law, 139-141
Regulation, plenary power of,
included in disposition, 419-444
Regulation of trade, power of, dis-
tinguished from legislation, 275-
distinguished from
Schutzgebiete by German Govern-
ment, 491
Representation of American Col-
onies in Parliament, regarded by
them as impracticable, 161, 162;
views of Sir Francis Bernard
(1764), 171-173; views of Thomas
Pownall (1768), 197-207
Representation on the State of the
Colonies, of 1754, quoted, 136,
137
Resolution, meaning of, as used by
Congress, 408, 409
Resolutions of Congress, of 1765,
concerning Stamp Act, 159-166;
of 1774, declaring rights and
grievances, 283-285 of 1775,
concerning Lord North's pro-
posals, 327-329, 332, 333; of
September 6, 1780, recommend-
ing cessions, 412; of October 10,
1780, regarding disposition of the
Western region, 412-415; of
1784, for the government of the
Northwest Territory, 420-427
Responsible government, definition
of by Lord Durham, 1839, 502,
503; Canadian view of, in 1841,
503, 504; principle of, univer-
salized, 1854-1902, 507, 508, 518;
application of principle of, to In-
dia, 518
Réunion, Island of, represented in
French Parliament, 487, 488
Rhode Island, Charter of 1663
granted, 82
Rose v. Himely (4 Cranch, 241),
view of Supreme Court regarding
colonial relationship in, 508
Rougier, J. C. Paul, quotation from
his Précis de Législation et d'Écon-
omie Coloniale, 489
Rules and regulations respecting the
dependencies, meaning of, in
U.S. Constitution, 459
Salisbury, Lord, views of, concern-
ing Imperial Federation, 520, 521
San Domingo, granted representa-
tion in French General Assembly,
474
Sandys, Sir Edwin, assists in argu-
ment of Case of the Postnati, 35;
his actions as Treasurer of Vir-
ginia Company, 58-62
Schutzgebiete, administration of, by
Germany, 493-495
Scott v. Sandford (19 Howard, 393),
view of the Supreme Court con-
cerning the Imperial power in,
556, 557
Secretary of the Interior (American),
acting Secretary for the Territo-
ries since 1873, 576
Secretary of State for the Colonies,
in Great Britain, proposed by
Pownall, 1764, 208-221; ap-
pointed in 1768, 221; office abol-
ished in 1782, 498; Secretary of
State for Southern Department
as acting, 1782-1794, 209, 210,
500, 501; Secretary of State for
War as acting, 1794-1854, 501;
office re-established, 1854, 507
Secretary of State (for Foreign Af-
fairs), (American), acting Secre-
tary of State for the Territories,
1787-1873, 576
Secretary of State for the South-
ern Department (British), acting
Secretary of State for the Colonies
until 1768, and from 1782 to 1794,
209, 210, 500, 501
Secretary of State for War (British),
acting Secretary of State for the
Colonies, 1794-1854, 501
Secretary of War (American), in
charge of Indian Affairs, 1789-
1894, in charge of affairs with
Philippine Islands, 1899-1902, 577
Seeley, Sir John R., quotation from
his Expansion of England, re-
garding India, 514-516
Sere v. Pitot (6 Cranch, 366), views
of Supreme Court concerning the
Imperial power in, 542
Slavery, effect of abolition of, in
French dependencies, 476
Smith, Adam, views of, concerning
colonial relationship, in his In-
quiry into the Nature and Causes
of the Wealth of Nations, 383
South Carolina established in 1729,
88
Sovereignty, meaning of, as applied
to relationship of the American
Union to its dependencies, 401-
Stamp Act of 1765, its provisions
and their effect, 148-150; repeal
of, 176
Stamp Act Congress, its proceed-
ings, 158-168
State, political personality of the,
6; power over external lands and
populations as dependencies, 6-8
Statehood of the American Colonies,
a fact under American Constitution
of 1750, 125; resolution of Stamp
Act Congress a demand for, 161,
162; effect of a criticism of Wil-
liam Knox in strengthening the
American position, 238, 239;
American ultimatum of 1774 a
demand for, 290-293, 329-333
Statehood in American Union,
American dependencies not neces-
sarily entitled to, 468
Stengel, Carl von, his views con-
cerning statehood of the German
dependencies in his book, Die
Deutschen Schutzgebiete, 496
Subjection, declared by Continental
Congress to be conditional, 391–
395; meaning of, in a Federal
Empire, 395
Superintendence, used by Daniel
Dulany in 1765 to express the Im-
perial power, 154; used by Burke
in 1774, 269; used by Lord Chat-
ham in 1775, 299-304; used by
Committee of the Congress of the
Confederation in 1782, 404
Supreme Court of the United States,
its views concerning the Imperial
power of the American Union,
542-552, 556-572; its power as
the Supreme Court of the Ameri-
can Empire, 597
Tariff Act, of 1764, its provisions and
effect, 144-148; of 1767, 179, 180
Tariff Union between American
Union and its dependencies per-
missible, 598, 599
Taxation, of American Colonies,
British claims yielded by King in
Council in 1735, 120; internal
and external, the Pennsylvania
view of, in 1765, 157; power of
Parliament in matter of, denied,
162-164; American Colonies con-
sider purpose of, immaterial, 163,
164; views of William Pitt (Earl
of Chatham) in 1766, 173-175;
internal and external, distinction
advocated by Pitt, 175; internal
and external, distinction advo-
cated by Franklin in 1766, 175,
176; views of John Dickinson in
1767, 186-188; views of Thomas
Pownall in 1768, 197-207; internal
and external, argument of Wil-
liam Knox, 228, 229; for regula-
tion of trade and for revenue,
argument of William Knox, 1769,
230-236; question concerning
power of, not the main issue of
American Revolution, 323, 324
Tea, connection of East India Com-
pany with importation of, 253-
257; Tariff Acts relating to, 254
Territorial Delegate in Congress,
same as Colonial Agent, 422
Territories of the United States, dis-
tinguished by Supreme Court from
other dependencies, 542, 543; re-
lations with, in charge of Secre-
tary of State (for Foreign Affairs).
1787-1873, 576; in charge of Sec-
retary of the Interior, 1873-1902,
576; Congressional administra.
tion of, proper, 591-593
Territory, meaning of, 103-108;
meaning of, in U. S. Constitution,
462, 463
Thring, Lord, views of, concerning
an Imperial Council, 525, 526
Thurlow, Attorney-General,
guage used in Campbell v. Hall
concerning power of the King in
the Empire, 295
Todd, Alpheus, quotations from his
book, Parliamentary Government
in the British Colonies, 530, 531,
533, 534
Treaties of Alliance and Commerce
with France, of 1778, their recog-
nition of the American Empire,
374-377
Treaty of Paris, of 1763, provisions
respecting America, 141, 142
Tunis, in charge of French Minister
of Foreign Affairs, 480; a consti-
tutional protectorate of France,
488
Ulster, colonization of, by Great
Britain, 49, 54
Ultimatum of the American Colo-
nies to Great Britain, 1774, 280-
293
United States, meaning of, in U. S.
Constitution, 469
Vandalia Company, its claims re-
specting the Western region, 354;
its memorial to Congress, of 1779,
Vane, Sir Henry, member of Impe-
rial Council of 1643, 69-71, 73
Varro, M. Terentius, his derivation
of "territory," 104
Vattel, quotation from his Law of
Nations, 13, 14, 140
Vermont, provisions concerning, in
Dickinson's draft of Articles of
Confederation, 352, 356, 363; its
rights adjudicated by Congress in
1784, 417
Virginia, characteristics of Charter
of 1606, 37-49; Charter of 1609,
its purpose and effect, 55-57;
Charter of 1611, its purpose and
effect, 57, 58; Ordinance of 1621,
recognizing statehood of, 59-61;
forfeiture of Charters in 1624, 62;
called a "Dominion" until 1700,
thenceforward a "Province," 99;
Articles of Surrender of 1651, 115
Wabash Company, its claims re-
specting the Western region, 354
Washington, George, views of, con-
cerning the colonial relationship,
270-273
West India Islands, Franklin's pro-
posal to admit into the American
Union, 351
Wilkinson, Spencer, quotation from
The Nation's Awakening, 534-536
William the Conqueror, conception
of governmental power in time
of, 25
William III., of England, his ad-
ministration of colonial affairs,
84-88
Williams, Roger, agent of Provi-
dence Plantations, 68
Wilson, James, quotation from his
pamphlet, Considerations on the
Nature and Extent of the Legis-
lative Authority of the British
Parliament, 261-263; his reply
to John Dickinson, 264, 265
Wodehouse, Sir P., in 1870 regards
British Empire as temporary, 519
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