"COLONY,"—OR "FREE STATE"?
"DEPENDENCE,"—OR "JUST CONNECTION"?
"EMPIRE,"—OR "UNION"?

An Essay

Based on the Political Philosophy of the American Revolution, as
Summarized in the Declaration of Independence, towards the
Ascertainment of the Nature of the Political Relationship Between the
American Union and Its Annexed Insular Regions.

AND

THE QUESTION OF TERMINOLOGY

An Address

Containing the Substance of the Foregoing Essay, with some Additions,
Delivered before the Section for the Study of the Government of
Dependencies, of the American Political Science Association, at the
Meeting held at Providence, December 29, 1906

By Alpheus H. Snow

WASHINGTON
1907