Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 10, 2025
The uncleared tracts which the officials of the Company had carved out among themselves were declared to be forfeited to the Crown and actual occupancy was held to be, for the future, the essential of every seigneurial grant. A vigorous effort was made to obtain settlers, and with considerable success, for in the years 1665-1667 the population of the colony more than doubled.
Consequently Parliament grew more parsimonious, and in 1665-1667 claimed a new and important privilege that of devoting its grants to specific objects and demanding an account of expenditures. Charles, however, was determined to have money by fair means or foul. A group of London goldsmiths had loaned more than a million and a quarter pounds sterling to the government.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking