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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... battle . He received but little encouragement , and in the fall of 1488 went to Portugal , but returned to Spain in the following spring . The learned men were consulted , and they pronounced his plan " vain and impossible . " He had ...
... battle . He received but little encouragement , and in the fall of 1488 went to Portugal , but returned to Spain in the following spring . The learned men were consulted , and they pronounced his plan " vain and impossible . " He had ...
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... battles ever fought on American soil . Finally Philip and his army , greatly reduced in numbers , were driven into a swamp near the bay , and on August 12 , 1676 , the great leader was shot and killed by an Indian friendly to the whites ...
... battles ever fought on American soil . Finally Philip and his army , greatly reduced in numbers , were driven into a swamp near the bay , and on August 12 , 1676 , the great leader was shot and killed by an Indian friendly to the whites ...
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... battles of the mother countries . In 1690 a company of New England men , under the command of Sir William Phips , captured Port Royal -now Annapolis - in Nova Scotia . Quebec was threatened , but was not taken , and a kind of guerrilla ...
... battles of the mother countries . In 1690 a company of New England men , under the command of Sir William Phips , captured Port Royal -now Annapolis - in Nova Scotia . Quebec was threatened , but was not taken , and a kind of guerrilla ...
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... battle , taking them by surprise . It was soon over . The French party numbered thirty - two men . Ten of these were killed and twenty - one were captured , leaving one lone survivor to tell the tale to his people . This was the first ...
... battle , taking them by surprise . It was soon over . The French party numbered thirty - two men . Ten of these were killed and twenty - one were captured , leaving one lone survivor to tell the tale to his people . This was the first ...
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... battle , and was buried near by . It was Wash- ington who placed him in his forest grave and read over his silent form the beautiful burial service of the Church of England . The day was utterly lost . About eight hundred of the English ...
... battle , and was buried near by . It was Wash- ington who placed him in his forest grave and read over his silent form the beautiful burial service of the Church of England . The day was utterly lost . About eight hundred of the English ...
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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.