Sentence examples for restricted town from inspiring English sources

He disregarded local representation, denied the validity of existing land titles in Massachusetts (which had been dependent on the old charter), restricted town meetings, and actively promoted the Church of England in largely Puritan regions.

Robert G. Ryerson, director of parks and recreation for Danbury, said people who can't get into Squantz Pond State Park tend to drive south to Danbury's restricted town beach, and that people in town worry it will be overcrowded if they let outsiders in.

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.

Britain overreacted, closing the port of Boston, restricting town meetings in Massachusetts, and giving the King the power to appoint the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature.

One consequence of the tax protest was that Andros sought to restrict town meetings, since these were where that protest had begun.

State politicians will consider at least eight different bills that would restrict towns from rejecting fracking — and the governor has announced that state environmental regulation is his priority.

In 1774, in response to the dumping of the tea, Parliament passed what colonists called the Intolerable Acts, which closed the port of Boston and restricted Massachusetts town meetings.

Some 80% of Pembroke Park's population lives in mobile-home parks, yet until 1969 the town restricted the franchise to landowners.

Despite the perception of preferential treatment, given vent through letters to the editor of the Ridgefield Press and complaints to local officials, First Selectman Rudy Marconi said that the town restricted traffic for safety reasons.

The collection of pods to produce Manna was restricted to one town (Prieska).

The Ipswich Central business group has campaigned for any new retail development to be restricted to the town centre and docks area with the Grafton Way site used for housing.