text_original: The ministers in Paris governed the colonies through governors who were supreme in their own districts, but who possessed no power whatever of initiating any laws for the people they swayed. 284 A HISTORY OF THE FOUR GEORGES. cb.xl. The English colonies were veiy different from those of the French.
text_transcription: THE MINISTERS IN PARIS GOVERNED THE COLONIES THROUGH GOVERNORS WHO WERE SUPREME IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS BUT WHO POSSESSED NO POWER WHATEVER OF INITIATING ANY LAWS FOR THE PEOPLE THEY SWAYED THE ENGLISH COLONIES WERE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF THE FRENCH
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