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COMMONWEALTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 784 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COMMONWEALTH  , a

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term generally synonymous with commonweal, i.e. public welfare, but more particularly signifying a
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form of
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government in which the
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general public have a
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direct
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voice . " The Commonwealth " is used in a
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special sense to denote the
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period in
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English
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history between the
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execution of
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Charles I. in 1649 and the Restoration in 166o . Commonwealth is also the
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official designation in
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America of the states of
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Massachusetts,
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Pennsylvania,
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Virginia and
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Kentucky . The
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Common-
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wealth of
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Australia is the
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title of the federation of Australian colonies carried out in 1900 .

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