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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... duties . In addition to the Puritans there was another body of Protestants who considered the purification of the Eng- lish Church to be a hopeless task , and who , as a result of this view , determined to separate themselves from it ...
... duties . In addition to the Puritans there was another body of Protestants who considered the purification of the Eng- lish Church to be a hopeless task , and who , as a result of this view , determined to separate themselves from it ...
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... duties that had led to the celebrated " Writs of Assistance " in 1761. British customhouse officers applied to the courts for writs authorizing them to search merchants ' stores and houses for smuggled goods . These writs , legal and ...
... duties that had led to the celebrated " Writs of Assistance " in 1761. British customhouse officers applied to the courts for writs authorizing them to search merchants ' stores and houses for smuggled goods . These writs , legal and ...
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... duties , were ordered to their posts , or naval officers were appointed in their stead . The governors were urged to suppress smuggling , and ships were stationed on the American coasts for this purpose . Ameri- can ships and goods were ...
... duties , were ordered to their posts , or naval officers were appointed in their stead . The governors were urged to suppress smuggling , and ships were stationed on the American coasts for this purpose . Ameri- can ships and goods were ...
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... duties on legal documents , wills , licenses , news- papers , pamphlets , etc. The proceeds of the tax were to go toward paying England's expenses in governing America , which were now about $ 1,700,000 a year ; and it was thought the ...
... duties on legal documents , wills , licenses , news- papers , pamphlets , etc. The proceeds of the tax were to go toward paying England's expenses in governing America , which were now about $ 1,700,000 a year ; and it was thought the ...
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... duties were laid . Sam- SAMUEL ADAMS . " The Father of the American Revo- lution " was born in Boston in 1722 , and was graduated from Harvard in 1742. The chief work of his life was his resistance to the tyranny of the king of England ...
... duties were laid . Sam- SAMUEL ADAMS . " The Father of the American Revo- lution " was born in Boston in 1722 , and was graduated from Harvard in 1742. The chief work of his life was his resistance to the tyranny of the king of England ...
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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.