The United States of America, 1765-1865Macmillan and Company, 1896 - 352 páginas |
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... received a good education for a man of his time and place ; he had studied Greek , could read Latin with some ease , and was very familiar with the history and theory of the British constitution . This was his first appearance in any ...
... received a good education for a man of his time and place ; he had studied Greek , could read Latin with some ease , and was very familiar with the history and theory of the British constitution . This was his first appearance in any ...
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... received by the House of Commons , in conformity to " a monstrous rule , " as Lord Farnborough terms it , which forbade petitioning against certain money bills.1 The act levying stamp duties passed the Commons in March , 1765 , without ...
... received by the House of Commons , in conformity to " a monstrous rule , " as Lord Farnborough terms it , which forbade petitioning against certain money bills.1 The act levying stamp duties passed the Commons in March , 1765 , without ...
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... received valuable material aid from France . they inherited from their fathers , as their portion of the common heritage of the English race . The Americans Their theories The Hessians . A large portion The seat of war was now shifted ...
... received valuable material aid from France . they inherited from their fathers , as their portion of the common heritage of the English race . The Americans Their theories The Hessians . A large portion The seat of war was now shifted ...
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... received at the hands of the Congress , Arnold had for some time meditated treason . He asked for the command of West Point that he might surrender something of value . Dishonourable himself , he was afraid to trust others , and ...
... received at the hands of the Congress , Arnold had for some time meditated treason . He asked for the command of West Point that he might surrender something of value . Dishonourable himself , he was afraid to trust others , and ...
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... received early notice of André's capture and escaped to New York ( Sept. 1779 ) . The whole interest of the war now centres in the South . Clinton probably felt that it was unwise to attempt any further offensive movements in the North ...
... received early notice of André's capture and escaped to New York ( Sept. 1779 ) . The whole interest of the war now centres in the South . Clinton probably felt that it was unwise to attempt any further offensive movements in the North ...
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Página 313 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States ; provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Página 308 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Página 329 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION. 4. 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...
Página 309 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Página 329 - No person held to service or labour 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 labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Página 310 - No state shall lay any imposts or duties, which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties, entered into by the united states in congress assembled, with any king, prince or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by congress, to the courts of France and Spain.
Página 320 - 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.
Página 170 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment, we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Página 166 - ... the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid...
Página 325 - 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. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.