Carnarvon, Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert
4th earl (1831-1890), British statesman, who served as Colonial Secretary of Britain from 1866 to 1867 and again from 1874 to 1878. Carnarvon was successor to Cardwell, Britain's Colonial Secretary.
    In 1866 he became Britain's Colonial Secretary, responsible for controlling the administration of all the British colonies. The following year Carnarvon was involved in the creation of the British North America Act of 1867, which united the British colonies of Québec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into a 'Dominion of Canada'.

charter
a written grant from the sovereign power of a country conferring certain rights and privileges on a person, a corporation, or the people (example–a royal charter was granted by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583 to colonize Newfoundland, the first colony of England in North America); a document issued by a sovereign, legislature, or other authority, creating a public or private corporation, such as a city, college or bank and defining its privileges and purposes; a document outlining the principles, functions and organization of a corporate body; a constitution (the city charter); an authorization from a central organization to establish a local branch or chapter; special privilege or immunity; a contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel or space on a vessel; the hiring or leasing of an aircraft, a vessel or other vehicle, especially for the exclusive, temporary use of a group of travelers; a written instrument given as evidence of agreement, transfer or contract; a deed
charter, chartered, chartering, charters, charterer
to grant a charter to; establish by charter; to hire or lease by charter (charter an oil tanker); to hire (a bus or an airplane, for example) for the exclusive, temporary use of a group of travelers

circumvent, circumvented, circumventing, circumvents, circumvention, circumventive
prevent from happening; to go around; to avoid or get around by artful maneuvering (he planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape); gain superiority over, outwit 

cite, cited, citing, citable
to refer to; to mention or bring forward as support, illustration or proof; call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court); to mention formally in commendation or praise; summon

clandestine, clandestinely, clandestineness, clandestinity
marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy; surreptitious; secret

coerce, coerced, coercing, coerces, coercer, coercion
to force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation; compel
coercible, coercionary
the act or practice of coercing; power or ability to coerce

coercive, coercively, coerciveness
characterized by or inclined to coercion

colonial, colonially
of, relating to, possessing, or inhabiting a colony or colonies; often Colonial; of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the original United States of America; of or relating to the colonial period in the United States; of, relating to, or being a style of architecture and furniture prevalent in the American colonies just before and during the Revolution; living in, consisting of, or forming a colosny; an inhabitant of a colony; a house designed in an architectural style reminiscent of the one prevalent in the American colonies just before and during the Revolution

colonize, colonized, colonizing, colonizes, colonizer
to form or establish a colony or colonies in; to establish in a new settlement; form a colony of; to set up a body of people living in a new territory but retaining ties with the parent state; to migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony; to form or establish a colony; to settle in a colony or colonies

colony, colonies.(*)
a dependency; a region politically controlled by a distant country; a territory thus settled; a group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country; a group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular area (the American colony in Paris); the area occupied by such a group; a group of people who have been institutionalized in a relatively remote area (an island penal colony)

compact, compact, compacted, compacting, compacts
an agreement or a covenant;.pact; bargain; to combine; to consolidate; compose; to make by pressing or joining together; to press or join firmly together

competence
the state or quality of being adequately or well qualified; ability; a specific range of skill, knowledge, or ability; sufficient means for a comfortable existence; able
Law.–.the quality or condition of being legally qualified to perform an act 

competent,.competence,.competency
well qualified; capable; adequate 

confederacy, confederacies
an association of persons, parties, or states; a league; the persons, parties, or states joined in organization

Confederacy.–.the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861 because when they exercised their right of Eminent Domain, the fed, whom the states created and gave power to, didn't like it. How about that! They didn't like it because the slave labor in these seceding states provided for lower prices for consumers than the non confederate northern states more industrialized economies could provide. It wasn't about just 'freeing the slaves', 'championing the cause of the underdog' and including the slaves into 'the freedom of all men'. It was about the northern states industrial moguls influencing Lincoln with their concerns about what competition with these southern states may eventually lead to – they may go out of business. Fact was, many of the slaves were better off under these southern states; they had a home in the country where they mostly worked outside on land with a business managed by the land/business/plantation owner/master, so they didn't have to manage all the concerns of a business; they could bring up their families without fear of being out of a job or home, as many of these southern 'Bible Belt' plantation owners adhered to Christian moral principles; many of the slaves became good friends of their masters; many, and of course, not all, of the masters allowed perpetual usage of the land to their slave's progeny; when slavery was abolished, many slaves, now 'free', preferred to remain right where they were, and could leave anytime, but didn't. History seems to make the south the 'bad guys', when it was really the surreptitious north.
    The South Carolina legislature summoned a special convention. It met on December 17, 1860, in Charleston. Three days later the convention unanimously passed an ordinance dissolving "the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States." Similar conventions were held by other Southern states, and similar ordinances were adopted. The first states to follow South Carolina's course in 1861 were: Mississippi, January 9; Florida, January 10; Alabama, January 11; Georgia, January 19; Louisiana, January 26; and Texas, February 1. In April, Lincoln called for states to send militias for national service to suppress the rebellion. The upper South refused to send their militias to coerce the seceded states. Instead they joined the lower South in secession beginning with Virginia on April 17th; Arkansas, May 6; North Carolina, May 20; and Tennessee, June 8.
    The Trent Affair took place during this time period..comprised from Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

confederate, confederative, confederated, confederating, confederates..
a member of a confederacy; an ally; partner; to form into or become part of a confederacy
Confederate.(a supporter of the American Confederacy)
confederate.united in a confederacy; allied
Confederate.(of or having to do with the American Confederacy)

confederation, confederationism, confederationist
means 'people get together'; the state of being a member in a confederacy; confederated; the group of confederates, especially of states or nations, united for a common purpose; a league; the act of forming into or becoming part of a confederacy; federation

conservative, conservatively, conservativeness
favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change; traditional or restrained in style (a conservative dark suit); moderate; cautious (a conservative estimate); one favoring traditional views and value; of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism

country, countries
a nation or state; the territory or area of land of a nation or state; land; the people of a nation or state; populace

covert, covert, covertness, covertly
not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown (covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels); secret; covered or covered over; sheltered covering or cover; a covered place or shelter; hiding place; thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game

crock
nonsense; meaninglesss, foolish talk; a worn out decrepit wreck; severely impaired and disabled (that story is nothing but a crock) .
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