Abbots, their membership in Par- | Areopagitica, The, of Milton, 220.
liament, 67.
Aristotle, philosophy of, 1, ib. n. 1.
Arms, Assize of, 223.
Act, Licensing, 220, ib. n. 3.
Act of Settlement, 99, 108, 109, 127 Arms, right to bear, 223, ib. n. 1,
n. I, 194, 196.
Act, Test, 215 n. 4.
Adams, John, cited, 9, 31.
ib. n. 4, 224, ib. n. 1.
Arnold, Sir Edwin, cited, 7 n.
Arrest, freedom from, 103, 104, ib.
Alfonso V., King of Aragon, 194 n. 1. Assize of Arms, 223.
Alfred the Great, 8 n., 87.
Amendments, to the Constitution
of the United States, 213, ib. n. 2,
214, 219, 221, 222, 224, 226, 228,
229, 233.
America, 1, 8, 7 n., 8, 27 n. 2, 36,
n., 41, 42, 43 n. 1, 74 n. 1, 78
n. 1, 115, 150, 151, 196, 201 n. 1,
205 n. 1, 206, 216 n. 2, 232 n. 2.
American Bar, 184, 202.
Andros, Sir E., 17.
Anglican Church, 11 n. 2, 69, 73,
88, ib. n. 1, 123, 124, 127, 135, 216.
Anglo-Saxon, superseded other
races in England, 6 n.; race, 7
n.; freedom, 8 n.; invasion of
England, 62; kingship, 129; in-
stitutions, 233 n. 2.
Assize of Clarendon, 235.
Athabasca, 8 n.
Athelstan, King, 126.
Attainder, bills of, 96, ib. n. 1, 211,
ib. n. 2.
Audit by Parliament, III.
Aukland, 8 n.
Australia, 204.
Austria, 45 n.
Bacon, Lord, 97 n. 1, 99 n. 3.
Bagehot, Walter, cited, 172.
Bail for prisoners, 229, 233.
Ballarat, 8 n.
Baltimore, Lord, 17, 200, 216 n. 2.
Baptists, 216.
Bar, American, 184, 202.
Barons, the English, 67, 74, 76.
Anne, Queen, 22, 92, 97, 109, 145, Barons' War, 71, 90, 131.
Bill of Rights, English, 9, 104, 137, | Campbell, Douglas, his assertion
207, 222-225, 232, 233; Virginia,
13; Massachusetts, 15; Con-
necticut, 17; Maryland, 18;
New York, 20 n. 2; Pennsyl-
vania, 22 n. 2; American, 42, 211,
213, 224 n. I. sq.
Bills, 93, 94, ib. n. 1, ib. n. 2, 95,
156 ib. n. 2, 158 n. 2.
Bills of Attainder, 96, ib. n. 1, 211,
ib. n. 2.
Bishops, in Witenagemot, 67, 86-88;
in Great Council, 67; in House
of Lords, 68, 69; in Privy Coun-
cil, 76.
Blackstone, Sir William, 48, 154-
156, 164, 196 n. 1, 200, 201; cited,
48, 238.
Britain, 60 n. 2, 61, 62, 121, 123,
Britain, Great, 5, 9, 27, 29, 30, 31,
ib. n. 4, 32, 36 n., 38, 42, 43, ib. n. 1,
52, 54, 101 n. 1, 123, 166, 171, 173,
175, 196 n. I.
Bryce, James, cited, 25, 41, 55 n. 1,
146, 154, 158, 177, 202.
that Americans are not of Eng-
lish race, 4 n. 1; answer to claims
of his followers as to Dutch origin
of American institutions, 19 n. 2;
answer to claims of Dutch influ-
ence in New York, 20 n. 2; in
Pennsylvania, 23 n. 1; his claim
of Dutch elements in the Ameri-
can Confederation, 40, ib. n. 1;
his claim of Dutch influence in
the Philadelphia Convention, 43,
149; in election of senators, 78
n. I; his general claims in favour
of Dutch as against English
derivation of the American Con-
stitution, 205 n. 1; his claim that
religious liberty as provided in
the American Constitution is of
Dutch origin, 216 n. 2, 217 n.
2; on freedom of the press, 221
Canterbury, 73, 124, 219 n. 3;
Archbishop Baldwin, of 171 n. I.
Canute, King, 104, 122 n. 2.
Buckingham, George Villers, Duke Cape Town, 8 n.
of, 97 n. I.
Burgesses, 72, 73, 74 n. 3.
Bute, Lord, 141.
Butler, Pierce, 45 n.
Cabinet, rise of the English, 92,
138, ib. n. 1; relation to the Privy
Council, 77, 138; power, 138-140;
relation to Parliament, 139-141;
relation to the crown, 138-141,
171, 172, 176, 206; unknown in
the American colonies, 151; re-
lation of the American, to the
President, 158, 166-168, 170-172,
176.
Carolina, granted by Charles II.,
23; its government, 23; Locke's
plan regarding, 23, ib. n. 2, 24;
divided into North and South
Carolina, 24.
Carolina, North, division from
South Carolina, 24; State con-
stitution, 37, 78, 187; bill of
rights, 209, 218.
Carolina, South, division from
North Carolina, 24; State con-
stitution, 37, 78, 80, 97, 152 n. I,
160 n. 3, 187; governor of, 150
Calvert, Charles, Lord Baltimore, Cénred, 86.
Cerdic, 121 n. 2, ib. n. 4, 227 n. I.
Chancellor, the, 182, ib. n. 1.
Charles I., 13, 17, 19, 50, 92, 104, Commons, House of, model for
114, 135, 151, 207, 223, 225.
Charles II., 17, 23, 50, 92, 99, III,
135, 138, 151, 220, ib. n. 1, 222, 225.
Charters, royal, 9, 27; commercial,
9 n. 1, 26; of Virginia, 10, 12;
Massachusetts, 13, 14; New
Hampshire, 15; Connecticut, 16,
ib. n. 2, 17; Rhode Island, 17;
Maryland patent, 17; New York,
19, 20; Pennsylvania, 22, ib. n.
2; Georgia, 24.
Chatham, Lord, 36 n.
Chief Justice of the U. S. 98, 165.
Choiseul, 30 n. I.
Church, the, II n. 2, 69, 73, 88, ib.
n. I, 123, 124, 127, 135, 216.
Clarendon, Assize of, 235.
Clarendon, Constitutions of, 235.
Clarendon, Lord, 23, 73 n. 2, 97
Coke, Sir Edward, 194, 231.
Colonies, American, follow model
of English institutions, 7, 24-26,
31 n. 1, 151; settled by English-
men, 4,9; by other races, 4 n. 1;
by Dutch, 5 n. 1, 14 n. 1, 18, 19 n. 1,
22; Scotch, 4 n. 1; Scotch-Irish, 4
n. 1; French, 4 n. 1, 5 n. 1; Ger-
mans, 4 n. 1, 5 n. 1; Welsh, 4 n.
1; Spaniards, 5 n. 1; Irish, 4 n.
I, 5 n. 1; Swedes, 4 n. 1, 5 n. 1;
separated from England, 29, 30, ib.
n. 1, 35, ib. n. 1, 36, 37; attempted
union of, 152 n. 1; no nobility in,
77; political usages of, 93.
Columbia, District of, 188.
Comitatus, the, 124, ib. n. I.
Common Law in Virginia, 13;
Massachusetts, 15; New York,
20, ib. n. 2; Georgia, 24 n. 2; in
England, 199, 207 n. 1, 210, 220
n. 3, 230, 231; in America, 37,
ib. n. 1, 189, 190, 199, 207, ib. n. 1,
208, 210, 229, ib. n. 1, 230.
American legislatures, 26, 43, 86;
rise of, 69, 72, 83; relation of
Simon De Montfort to, 71, 72,
136; membership of, 74, ib. n. 3,
132 n. 1; powers, 90-92, 97, 132,
137; act of attainder by, 96, 97 ;
power of impeachment, 96-100;
right to initiate money bills, 100,
IOI n. I, III; right of audit of
public accounts, III; freedom
of speech, 103, 104; freedom from
arrest, 103, 104; ancient right to
decide contested membership,
103, 106; membership contrasted
with that of the House of Repre-
sentatives, 206.
Concilium, Magnum, 67, 180. See
Great Council.
Concilium Ordinarium, 76, 180 n.
2, 183 n. I. See Privy Council.
Confederation, Articles of, 39;
nature of, 39, 40; unsatisfactory,
39-41, 53, 84, 200 n. 3.
Confirmatio Chartarum, 113.
Congress, Continental, 35, 38 n. 1;
of Confederation, 40, 84; Ameri-
can, 60, 79, 93; powers, 80, 93,
IIO n. 2, 115, ib. n. 2, 173;
procedure, 93, 95 n. 1; privileges,
96, 102 n. I, 103; freedom of
arrest for members, 104, 105;
secrecy of proceedings, 108; right
of appropriation, 112, 115 n. 2;
of audit, 112; power of taxation,
115; relation to the President,
156-159, 167 n. 2, 171, 173. See
Senate and House of Represen-
tatives.
Connecticut, charter, 17; early
written constitution, 16 n. 2;
State constitution, 17, 38, 205 n.
I; bill of rights, 17, 208, ib. n. 1.
Conquest, Norman, 67, 127, 129,
178, 223. 234.
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