. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . ir ancient customs and religion,were permitted to retain their possessions on taking theoath of allegiance to the English government. This oathwas not well kept, and on the breaking out of war it wasdeemed expedient to expatriate these people, who underthe guise of neutrality gave aid to the enemy. Accord-ingly they were dispossessed of their houses, separated,and sent to widely distant regions. They were knownhere as the neutral French, and were distributedamong the people i
. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . ir ancient customs and religion,were permitted to retain their possessions on taking theoath of allegiance to the English government. This oathwas not well kept, and on the breaking out of war it wasdeemed expedient to expatriate these people, who underthe guise of neutrality gave aid to the enemy. Accord-ingly they were dispossessed of their houses, separated,and sent to widely distant regions. They were knownhere as the neutral French, and were distributedamong the people in different parts of the island. Fromthe Assembly journal of July ist 1756 it appears that the justices of Kings, Queens and Suffolk counties areempowered to bind out the neutral French from NovaScotia who are distributed in said counties. It alsoappears that in November of the same year bills werepaid by order of the general Assembly for supporting theneutral French, brought here in May last and sent to themagistrates. CHAPTER VI. BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION PREVALENCE OK TORY-ISM—INDEPENDENT SPIRIT IN IP^ ^i*^*^^ Qf representatives of the people was estab- S^ lished, and this was the first step in the direction of a free government in the colony of New York. The colonial governors had possessed very large—almost absolute—power, and that power had sometimesbeen arbitrarily exercised. The peoples money hadbeen used at the discretion of the governors, and, it wasbelieved, had often been misapplied and embezzled. Onapplication, in 1706, to Queen Anne the Assembly wasauthorized to appoint a treasurer to receive and disburseall money which was raised under its authority, and itaccordingly assumed general control of all the financesby making specific appropriations. In 1711 the Assem-bly denied the right of the council (which was claimed)to alter revenue bills, asserting that the power of thecouncil flowed from the pleasure of the prince, personifiedby the commission
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