8 sentences with 'legislatures'
Example sentences and phrases with the word legislatures and other words derived from it.
• « Prior to the Stamp Act, colonists had paid taxes to their colonial governments or indirectly through higher rates, not directly to the Crown-appointed governors. This was an enshrined freedom of the representative legislatures of the colonial governments. »
• « Representatives from nine colonial legislatures met in New York in the autumn of 1765 to reach a consensus. »
• « The Revenue Act thus seemed to sever the relationship between the governors and the assemblies, bringing royal officials closer to the British government and away from the colonial legislatures. »
• « In response to a request for advice on the proper government of North Carolina, Adams wrote Thoughts on Government, which influenced many state legislatures. »
• « The Articles of Confederation authorised a unicameral legislature, a continuation of the earlier Continental Congress. The people could not vote directly for members of the national Congress, but the state legislatures decided who would represent the state. »
• « One of the questions the delegates addressed in Philadelphia was how representatives would be chosen for the new national government. Would citizens be able to choose their representatives? Would representatives be chosen by state legislatures? How much representation did each state get? »
• « When existing banks refused to lend money to small farmers and others with no credit history, state legislatures chartered new banks to meet the demand. In one legislative session, Kentucky chartered forty-six. »
• « For the first time, the popular vote mattered in a presidential election. Electors were chosen by popular vote in eighteen states, while the remaining six used the older system in which state legislatures chose electors. »