governor

Examples of governor in the following topics:

• Governors and Assemblies

  • Colonial governors were appointed by the Crown, while assemblies were elected by local colonists.
  • In addition to advising the governor, the governor's council would sit as an upper house when the assembly was in session.
  • A governor's power could diminish as the colony gained more representative government.
  • Eventually, the Maryland Convention formally asked the governor to leave, and Governor Eden finally departed Maryland for England on June 23, 1776.
  • It has been the home of the governor since 1870.

• The Rise of the Assemblies

  • Each colony had a system of governance including a governor, a council of officials appointed by the governor, and an elected assembly.
  • They were politically administered by a crown-appointed governor (with absolute veto power), an appointed council, and a locally elected assembly.
  • They were governed like the provincial colonies, except that lord proprietors, rather than the king, appointed the governor.
  • The Governor's Council or the Governor's Court were the senior advisors to the governor.
  • The colonial governor appointed council members who served as the government in the case of an absentee governorship.

• Confederate Politics

  • Davis clashed with powerful state governors who used states'-rights arguments to hamper mobilization plans.
  • Governor Zebulon B.
  • Vance's work to mitigate harsh Confederate conscription practices inspired his nickname, “War Governor of the South.”
  • Georgia's governor Joseph Brown also spoke out against attempts by Davis to expand the rights of the Confederate central government.
  • Zebulon Vance, Governor of North Carolina, challenged the central Confederate government.

• Bacon's Rebellion

  • Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising in Virginia in 1676 against the colonial Governor's friendly policies toward Native Americans.
  • About a thousand Virginians rose (including former indentured servants, poor whites, and poor blacks) because they resented Virginia Governor William Berkeley's friendly policies towards the Native Americans.
  • When they returned to the colonial capital at Jamestown, they found that the House of Burgesses had passed a number of reforms that limited the powers of the governor and expanded suffrage among freemen.
  • Governor Berkeley returned to power.
  • Nathaniel Bacon led an uprising against Virginia Governor William Berkeley in 1676.

• English Administration of the Colonies

  • Provincial colonies, also known as royal colonies, were under the direct control of the king, who usually appointed a royal governor.
  • The governor was invested with general executive powers and authorized to call a locally elected assembly.
  • The governor's council would advise the governor and sit as an upper house when the assembly was in session.
  • The governor had the power of absolute veto and could prorogue (i.e., delay) and dissolve the assembly at will.
  • Over time, many of the provincial assemblies sought to expand their powers and limit those of the governor and crown.

• The Federal Reserve System's Structure

  • Over time, the Board of Governors consolidated the central bank's power.
  • Board of Governors is the entity that controls the Federal Reserve System.
  • Board of Governors is independent of the U.S. federal government in three ways.
  • First, Board of Governors earns its revenue from the 12 district banks.
  • Chairperson of the Board of Governors is also chairperson of the FOMC.

• Powers of the Assemblies

  • Conflicts over budgets contributed to the tensions between assemblies and governors that led to the American Revolution.
  • They also asserted that only Virginia's governor and legislature could tax its citizens.
  • By 1775 the authority of its English governor, Sir Robert Eden, had been effectively usurped by the Annapolis Convention, and Eden was eventually asked by the Maryland Council of Safety to step down as governor .
  • Eventually the Maryland Convention formally asked the Governor to leave, and Governor Eden finally departed Maryland for England in the ship Fowey on June 23, 1776.
  • Sir Robert Eden, last colonial Governor of Maryland, who found his authority overthrown by the Annapolis Convention.

• Colonies in Crisis

  • They arrested dominion officials as a protest against the rule of Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of the Dominion of New England.
  • Andros, commissioned governor of New England in 1686, had earned the enmity of the local populace by enforcing the restrictive Navigation Acts, denying the validity of existing land titles, restricting town meetings, and appointing unpopular regular officers to lead colonial militia, among other actions that were part of an attempt to bring the colonies under the closer control of the crown.
  • Royal authority was not restored until 1691, when English troops and a new governor were sent to New York.
  • British Governor Andros was arrested by rebels in Boston in 1689.

• Chapter Questions

  • Identify the functions of the Board of Governors, and who appoints members to this board?
  • Explain why the chairperson of the Board of Governors is such a powerful person.

• Freedom of Expression and its Limits

  • In 1612, the governor of Virginia sentenced to death a person that denied the Trinity under Virginia's Laws Divine, Moral and Martial, which also outlawed blasphemy, speaking badly of ministers and royalty, and "disgraceful words."
  • John Peter Zenger, a New York newspaper editor, began to voice opposition to several policies implemented by the newly appointed colonial governor, William Cosby.
  • Supported by members of the popular party, Zenger's New-York Weekly Journal continued to publish critical attacks on the royal governor.
  • Cosby was attacked by Zenger's paper for his actions while governor of New York.