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Governors
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
GOVERNORS GOVERNORS. The term "governors" describes the chief executives of the American colonies and, later, of the states of the Union. The governor's role has evolved over the course of American history, but on the whole it has been...
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Royal Colonies
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...royal instructions. Some of the royal governors who worked at the will of the British...through patronage. A majority of the royal governors had been born in England rather than...to the contrary. The average term for governors was five years. Although several royal...
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Martial Law
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...martial law on the federal level and only governors may do so on the state level. Despite...without a formal declaration. Several governors used this tactic during the late nineteenth...chain of command for local militia, with governors seeking to maintain control of their...
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Elections, Presidential
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...president were often chosen from among successful governors, especially the governors of key states like Ohio and New York, which...World War II the trend seemed to move away from governors in favor of U.S. senators because of greatly...
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Legislatures, State
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...important dimensions: authority relative to governors, and the ability to enact laws and oversee...of rule previously imposed by colonial governors, legislatures were empowered to enact...governments that were generally weak. Governors were limited to two-year terms and...
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Fort Jay
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...shaped U.S. military facility on Governors Island, a half mile (three quarters...During World War II , in 1942, Governors Island was designated Eastern Defense Command. The U.S. Army left Governors Island in 1966; from then until...
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Instructions
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...officials, and colonial agents. Royal governors received instructions on every facet...were issued to nearly all of the royal governors until the American Revolution. BIBLIOGRAPHY...Royal Instructions to British Colonial Governors, 1670 – 1776. New York...
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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...Jurisdiction may be extended beyond this limit if approved by the governors and legislatures of both New York and New Jersey. A twelve...Commissioners governs the Port Authority. The New York and New Jersey governors appoint six members each, subject to the approval of their...
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Army, Union
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...raise, equip, and train volunteers. By April 1861, state governors had offered some 300,000 such troops to the federal government...000 men. At first, political generals chosen by the state governors and officers elected by the enlisted men commanded this army...
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Fast Days
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...soon assumed the initiative in proclaiming the days. The governors and councils were given legal power to name days in the absence...the eighteenth century, public days were proclaimed by the governors, as were local ceremonies by particular churches. At critical...
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