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INDEX Abingdon, Willoughby Bertie, 4th earl of, 149,234 Act of Settlement, British, 17, 158 Adams, Amos, 185-86 Adams, John, 51, 91, 128, 229 Adams, Samuel, 150, 181 Administration of Justice Act (1774), 5556 Admiralty courts: jury-trial grievances re, 49, 52-53, 66, 98, 176, 178-83, 191, 328; jurisdictional grievances re, 52, 55-61, 173, 177-78, 179, 182-83, 191, 219, 362; as civil law tribunal, 52, 179-81, 182-83; procedural grievances re, 177-79, 180, 356, 362 Allen, John, 177 Almon, John, 109 American Revolution: constitutional rights as motivation for, 4, 7-8, 199217 passim, 220, 237, 361; nationalistic motivation for, 211, 212; economic motivation for, 212, 213-14, 361 Andros, Gov. Edmund, 38, 140 Anglo-Irish: and the migration principle, 116, 117, 123; and the original colonial contract, 140, 141, 153. See also Ireland Arbitrary government. See Government: arbitrary Army. See Standing army; Troops, quartering of in private homes Assemblies, colonial, 11, 14, 17, 18, 86; instructions of to Continental Congress delegates, 200-202, 204, 218 Assembly, right to, 17, 24, 203 Assistance, writ of. See Writ of assistance Aubrey, John, 227-28 Auckland, William Eden, 1st baron, 54 Austin, John, 230 Bacon, Anthony, 90 Baillie, Hugh, 183 Barron, William, 117 Bill of Rights, American, 193, 194, 198 Bill of Rights, English, 10, 17, 69, 109, 169 Birthright: as authority for rights, 56, 97, 99-101, 104, 110, 174, 186, 187, 204, 220,230 INDEX Black Act of 1723, 54 Blackstone, Sir William, 6, 12, 29, 30, 47, 68, 99, 133, 135, 187 Bland, Richard, 32-33, 41, 119, 140 "Blood": and vocabulary of rights, 67, 100, 127-29 Bollan, William, 181 Boroughs, rotten, 30, 321 Boston: military occupation of, 173-74, 175, 203 Boston Declaration of 1772, 91 Boston Port Act, 33, 46, 77, 99, 171, 172, 173, 231 Boston Tea Party, 33, 46, 54, 173, 212, 231 Brady, Dr. Robert, 69, 93 Brand, John, 69-70 Bridge, Rev. Ebenezer, 5-6 "Britannicus," 58 British Liberties, 11, 59 British people, quality of, 13-14 Brown, John, 29 Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st duke of, 28 Burke, Edmund, 56, 104, 105-6, 170, 211, 346, 362 Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques, 78-79, 119, 133-34 Burnet, Bishop Gilbert, 31, 106-7, 150, 160 Burnet, Thomas, 35, 40 Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st earl of, 3435 , 94, 153, 158, 194-95 Campbell, Alexander, 156, 158 Campbell v. Hall, 151-52, 156-58 Canada: and right to hold by socage, 18; colonial grievances of, 48, 57, 170, 171; and constitutional entrenchment, 23435 Carroll, Charles, 49 Cartwright, John, 47-48, 103-4 Catholics, status of in the colonies, 13, 153, 156, 170, 171 Cato, 36, 37, 41 Charles I, king of England, 21, 31, 45, 68, 152 Charles II, king of England, 21, 351 Charter of Rights, Canadian, 235 Charters, colonial: as evidence of rights, 32, 66, 70, 72, 78, 91, 92, 100, 139, 142, 152, 159-60, 163-68, 199, 202, 203, 210, 214, 222, 225, 230; and the original colonial contract, 133, 141, 160-62; as proprietorships, 152, 160, 164, 222; provisions of, 160-62; as covenant for rights, 162-64, 174; vulnerability of, 163-64, 166 Chatham, William Pitt, 1st earl of, 49, 67, 69, 112, 153, 166, 210, 352; and redress of colonial grievances, 223-26, 233-36,363 Chauncy, Charles, 68, 186 Cider excise statute of 1763, 4, 22, 35, 56, 195 Civil law, British: vs. common law, 61, 180-81, 191, 231; and admiralty courts, 180-81; colonial attitudes toward, 18081 , 182-83 Civil rights: 18th-century concept of, 5, 6, 68; origins of, 68-71, 89; authority for 70, 134-36; and colonial charters, 163-64 Cluny, Alexander, 37 Coercive acts of 1774, 173, 192 Coke, Sir Edward, 45, 56, 104, 109, 237; on rights, 30, 55, 68, 99, 100, 231; and Magna Carta, 167, 168 Collier, John, 105 Colonies, American: and precolonization laws, 17; and naturalization, 71-72; defense of by Crown, 126-27, 129; and return to laws of 1763, 219, 221-22, 225-26,362 Command, sovereign: as authority for rights, 105 Common law: colonial attitudes toward, 20, 23-24, 26, 109, 180-81, 182-83, 203; as authority for rights, 28, 36, 69, 75, 91, 95, 98, 99; vs. civil law, 61, 180-81, 191, 231; and right to migration , 119-20; vs. constitutional entrenchment , 236 Compacts, colonial. See Charters, colonial Conciliatory statutes: and colonial grievances , 219, 221-26, 227-28, 362 Consent, doctrine of: and right to...