American History and Government: A Text-book on the History and Civil Government of the United StatesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1906 - 476 páginas |
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... appointed by the king from among the colonists . Over each of these local councils there was to be another council residing in England , composed of fourteen men , and also appointed by the king . The councils in America were subject to ...
... appointed by the king from among the colonists . Over each of these local councils there was to be another council residing in England , composed of fourteen men , and also appointed by the king . The councils in America were subject to ...
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... appointed originally by CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH . " The Savior of the Jamestown Col- ony " was born in England in 1579. He was a soldier and led a life of thrilling adventure . He was a natural leader . He wrote several books , one of which ...
... appointed originally by CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH . " The Savior of the Jamestown Col- ony " was born in England in 1579. He was a soldier and led a life of thrilling adventure . He was a natural leader . He wrote several books , one of which ...
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... Albemarle and Clarendon were so far apart , it was found convenient to give them separate governments . William Drummond was appointed governor of the Albemarle settlement after 44 AMERICAN HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT The Carolinas.
... Albemarle and Clarendon were so far apart , it was found convenient to give them separate governments . William Drummond was appointed governor of the Albemarle settlement after 44 AMERICAN HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT The Carolinas.
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... appointed governor of the Albemarle settlement after it had been organized by Governor Berkeley of Virginia . John Yeamans was made governor of Clar- Clarendon endon . The colonists were given self - government on founded , a simple ...
... appointed governor of the Albemarle settlement after it had been organized by Governor Berkeley of Virginia . John Yeamans was made governor of Clar- Clarendon endon . The colonists were given self - government on founded , a simple ...
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... appointed a day of thanksgiving and prayer the first Thanksgiving Day ever observed in America . 77. Other Towns established . — — Other settlements were estab- lished in the vicinity of Plymouth , and it is a noticeable fact that even ...
... appointed a day of thanksgiving and prayer the first Thanksgiving Day ever observed in America . 77. Other Towns established . — — Other settlements were estab- lished in the vicinity of Plymouth , and it is a noticeable fact that even ...
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Página xxxii - ... on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Página xxix - Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
Página xxv - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Página 409 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure We are met on a great battle-field of that war We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live...
Página 475 - He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
Página xxi - The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
Página 145 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Página 475 - Fras. Hopkinson, John Hart, Abra. Clark. Pennsylvania. Robt. Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benja. Franklin, John Morton, Geo. Clymer, Jas. Smith, Geo. Taylor, James Wilson, Geo. Ross.
Página xxviii - No Person held to Service or Labor in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labor, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labor may be due.
Página 476 - States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. ARTICLE I. SECTION I. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested In a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.