American History for SchoolsMerrill, 1878 - 330 páginas |
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... British Possessions , Mexico , and the republics of Central America . In South America are included the em- pire of Brazil and a number of independent republics . Natural Features . - The natural features of the New World are on the ...
... British Possessions , Mexico , and the republics of Central America . In South America are included the em- pire of Brazil and a number of independent republics . Natural Features . - The natural features of the New World are on the ...
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... BRITISH ISLES by a storm to the south - west . Here he discovered a snowy headland , which he named Hvidsaerk ( white shirt ) , and which is now known as Cape Farewell , the southern extrem- ity of Greenland . No attempt to follow up ...
... BRITISH ISLES by a storm to the south - west . Here he discovered a snowy headland , which he named Hvidsaerk ( white shirt ) , and which is now known as Cape Farewell , the southern extrem- ity of Greenland . No attempt to follow up ...
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... British fleet was near at hand , and thus frightened them into a retreat after an unsuccessful attempt to reach the town . Peace returned to the colony in time , but without bring- ing , for several years , the expected measure of ...
... British fleet was near at hand , and thus frightened them into a retreat after an unsuccessful attempt to reach the town . Peace returned to the colony in time , but without bring- ing , for several years , the expected measure of ...
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... British fleet . Merrily rang the bells of Boston , when it was announced that after six weeks ' siege " the Gibraltar of America , " with its walls 40 feet thick and 25 feet high , defended by a hun- dred cannon , had surrendered to the ...
... British fleet . Merrily rang the bells of Boston , when it was announced that after six weeks ' siege " the Gibraltar of America , " with its walls 40 feet thick and 25 feet high , defended by a hun- dred cannon , had surrendered to the ...
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... British colonies . Franklin was a great philosopher as well as statesman . His establishment of the fact that thunder and lightning are simply the results of electric discharges in the clouds , ranks among the great discoveries of the ...
... British colonies . Franklin was a great philosopher as well as statesman . His establishment of the fact that thunder and lightning are simply the results of electric discharges in the clouds , ranks among the great discoveries of the ...
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Página 310 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Página 319 - 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...
Página 315 - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal ; coin Money ; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Página 312 - 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. SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
Página 313 - 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. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Página 320 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Página 318 - 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 312 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers ; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six years; and each senator shall have one vote.
Página 317 - ... and in case of disagreement between them with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper ; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers ; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States.
Página 311 - RODNEY, GEORGE READ, THOMAS M'KEAN. MARYLAND. SAMUEL CHASE, WILLIAM PACA, THOMAS STONE, CHARLES CARROLL, of Carrollton. VIRGINIA. GEORGE WYTHE, RICHARD HENRY LEE, THOMAS JEFFERSON, BENJAMIN HARRISON, THOMAS NELSON, JUN., FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE, CARTER BRAXTON. NORTH CAROLINA. WILLIAM HOOPER, JOSEPH HEWES, JOHN PENN. SOUTH CAROLINA. EDWARD RUTLEDGE, THOMAS HEYWARD, JUN., THOMAS LYNCH, JUN., ARTHUR MIDDLETON. GEORGIA. BUTTON GWINNETT, LYMAN HALL, GEORGE WALTON.