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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... established to the extreme parts of the civilized world . Man was eager to find new and better routes for his trade , and as a consequence interest in geography and navigation was quickened . It was this latter desire , as we shall see ...
... established to the extreme parts of the civilized world . Man was eager to find new and better routes for his trade , and as a consequence interest in geography and navigation was quickened . It was this latter desire , as we shall see ...
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... establish a settlement between 38 ° and 41 ° nearer than one hundred miles to one already estab- lished within this zone . - 49. The King governed the Colonies . The government of the colonies was placed in the hands of the king . Each ...
... establish a settlement between 38 ° and 41 ° nearer than one hundred miles to one already estab- lished within this zone . - 49. The King governed the Colonies . The government of the colonies was placed in the hands of the king . Each ...
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... established . - 57. The Indians , at first Friendly , became Hostile . The colony suffered somewhat from Indian attacks . The Indians of North America were much more savage than those which the Spaniards had met in the South . They were ...
... established . - 57. The Indians , at first Friendly , became Hostile . The colony suffered somewhat from Indian attacks . The Indians of North America were much more savage than those which the Spaniards had met in the South . They were ...
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... established church , other Protestant sects were frowned upon , and the Catholics were persecuted . The capital of the colony was moved from St. Mary's , which was a Catholic center , to Annapolis , which was controlled by members of ...
... established church , other Protestant sects were frowned upon , and the Catholics were persecuted . The capital of the colony was moved from St. Mary's , which was a Catholic center , to Annapolis , which was controlled by members of ...
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... established farther to the south , on the Cape Fear River . It was not the intention that two different colonies should be founded , but since the two settlements at Albemarle and Clarendon were so far apart , it was found convenient to ...
... established farther to the south , on the Cape Fear River . It was not the intention that two different colonies should be founded , but since the two settlements at Albemarle and Clarendon were so far apart , it was found convenient to ...
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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.