The Footprints of Time, and a Complete Analysis of Our American System of Government: With a Concise History of the Origin and Progress of Civilization, the Relation of the Old World to the Free Institutions of the New, the Establishment and Growth of the English Colonies and of the United States of America, Facts and Statistics from Official SourcesR.T. Root, 1879 - 742 páginas |
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... Island - Silent retreat at night - Washington driven across the Delaware - His success in the Jerseys - Battles near Philadelphia— Surrender of Burgoyne - Treaty with the French - French fleet - British evacuate Philadelphia ...
... Island - Silent retreat at night - Washington driven across the Delaware - His success in the Jerseys - Battles near Philadelphia— Surrender of Burgoyne - Treaty with the French - French fleet - British evacuate Philadelphia ...
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... Island 477 Kentucky 481 South Carolina . 462 Louisiana . 487 Tennessee 483 Maine 499 Texas .511 Maryland .464 Vermont .. 479 Massachusetts . .471 Virginia .. 459 Michigan _502 West Virginia .524 Minnesota ... .518 Wisconsin ... .512 ...
... Island 477 Kentucky 481 South Carolina . 462 Louisiana . 487 Tennessee 483 Maine 499 Texas .511 Maryland .464 Vermont .. 479 Massachusetts . .471 Virginia .. 459 Michigan _502 West Virginia .524 Minnesota ... .518 Wisconsin ... .512 ...
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... islands of Malaysia . In still later periods Hindoostan was peopled by Turanian races ; the ancestors of the Mongols and Turks were spread over the vast plains of northern and central Asia ; and somewhat later still an irruption into ...
... islands of Malaysia . In still later periods Hindoostan was peopled by Turanian races ; the ancestors of the Mongols and Turks were spread over the vast plains of northern and central Asia ; and somewhat later still an irruption into ...
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... islands , and brought the rich products of India and gold from eastern Africa to the markets of the world . The amount of their con- tributions to civilization and progress by making known the discoveries and arts of distant nations to ...
... islands , and brought the rich products of India and gold from eastern Africa to the markets of the world . The amount of their con- tributions to civilization and progress by making known the discoveries and arts of distant nations to ...
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... colonists , in rapid succession , to Italy and the islands of the Mediterranean . The tendency had com- menced more than three centuries before , but the colonies had not gone far from the native state , and only 72 THE FOOTPRINTS OF TIME .
... colonists , in rapid succession , to Italy and the islands of the Mediterranean . The tendency had com- menced more than three centuries before , but the colonies had not gone far from the native state , and only 72 THE FOOTPRINTS OF TIME .
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Página 175 - No state shall be represented in congress by less than two, nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
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Página 174 - ... The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this union, the free inhabitants of each of these States (paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States, and the people of each state shall have free ingress and egress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same...
Página 173 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Página 200 - 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. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. SEC. 5. Each house shall be the judge of the election,, returns, and qualifications...
Página 172 - NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
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Página 170 - 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.