A School History of the United StatesWilson, Hinkle & Company, 1872 - 241 páginas |
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... command of Rene de Laudonnière ( reh - na ' dà lō - don'ne - air ) , another and larger body of Hu- See the Huguenots , by Samuel Smiles ; and W. G. Simms's Lily and Totem ( fiction ) . † See Sparks's Am . Biog . , Second Series , Vol ...
... command of Rene de Laudonnière ( reh - na ' dà lō - don'ne - air ) , another and larger body of Hu- See the Huguenots , by Samuel Smiles ; and W. G. Simms's Lily and Totem ( fiction ) . † See Sparks's Am . Biog . , Second Series , Vol ...
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... command of Christopher Newport . The adventurers made for Roanoke , but a storm drove them northward , and they entered the Chesapeake Bay . They ascended a stream called by the natives the Powhatan ' , on the north bank of which ...
... command of Christopher Newport . The adventurers made for Roanoke , but a storm drove them northward , and they entered the Chesapeake Bay . They ascended a stream called by the natives the Powhatan ' , on the north bank of which ...
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... command of William Pepperell , of Maine , and four British ships of war , under Captain Borlase Warren , besieged Louisburg in April , 1745. Louisburg was by far the strongest fort in America ; but the garrison was feeble and poorly ...
... command of William Pepperell , of Maine , and four British ships of war , under Captain Borlase Warren , besieged Louisburg in April , 1745. Louisburg was by far the strongest fort in America ; but the garrison was feeble and poorly ...
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... command then devolved upon Wash- ington , who rode among the panic - stricken soldiers en- deavoring to rally them . Two horses were shot under him ; four times his clothes were pierced by bullets . In spite of his cool demeanor and ...
... command then devolved upon Wash- ington , who rode among the panic - stricken soldiers en- deavoring to rally them . Two horses were shot under him ; four times his clothes were pierced by bullets . In spite of his cool demeanor and ...
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... command of an expedition against Cape Breton . Aided by Admiral Edward Boscawen , Am- herst invested Louisburg with thirty - eight ships of war . After a long siege , memorable in history and tale , the strong fortress was taken . With ...
... command of an expedition against Cape Breton . Aided by Admiral Edward Boscawen , Am- herst invested Louisburg with thirty - eight ships of war . After a long siege , memorable in history and tale , the strong fortress was taken . With ...
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Página xviii - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers 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...
Página xiii - The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature can not be convened) against domestic violence.
Página x - ... States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President...
Página xix - No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Página vi - No person shall' be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
Página iv - VIRGINIA. George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton. NORTH CAROLINA. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. SOUTH CAROLINA. Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton. GEORGIA. Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton.
Página viii - To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; To establish post offices and post roads...
Página xii - President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III SEC.
Página iv - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
Página 129 - I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope to spend the remainder of my days in 'cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues/