The Student's American HistoryGinn & Company, 1897 - 523 páginas |
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... secure to England a mighty empire in America . But the plans of the Companies had opponents . Hume says that even in 1606 there were Englishmen who thought it bad policy to plant colonies in Virginia , because such settlements " after ...
... secure to England a mighty empire in America . But the plans of the Companies had opponents . Hume says that even in 1606 there were Englishmen who thought it bad policy to plant colonies in Virginia , because such settlements " after ...
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... secure a large part of the commerce to English shipowners . Charles II . ( 1660 ) signed a bill which made the navigation laws far more stringent . In their revised form they forbade the Virginians exporting their tobacco their only ...
... secure a large part of the commerce to English shipowners . Charles II . ( 1660 ) signed a bill which made the navigation laws far more stringent . In their revised form they forbade the Virginians exporting their tobacco their only ...
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... secure the annexation of Plymouth . But the Plymouth people preferred to stand by themselves ; as one of their chief men quaintly said : the best of them had no desire " to trot after the Bay horse . " Massachusetts , however , suc ...
... secure the annexation of Plymouth . But the Plymouth people preferred to stand by themselves ; as one of their chief men quaintly said : the best of them had no desire " to trot after the Bay horse . " Massachusetts , however , suc ...
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... of that union of all the colonies which was formed late in the next century and which was destined to secure American independence . 95. George Fox founds the " Society of Friends " 1638-1647 . ] 75 ENGLISH AND FRENCH SETTLEMENTS .
... of that union of all the colonies which was formed late in the next century and which was destined to secure American independence . 95. George Fox founds the " Society of Friends " 1638-1647 . ] 75 ENGLISH AND FRENCH SETTLEMENTS .
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... secure a fixed permanent salary , so that the people could not put a bridle on his authority . The people , on the other hand , were fully resolved not to grant a fixed salary ; and not to grant any for more than a single year at a time ...
... secure a fixed permanent salary , so that the people could not put a bridle on his authority . The people , on the other hand , were fully resolved not to grant a fixed salary ; and not to grant any for more than a single year at a time ...
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Página xv - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Página xx - 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 426 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página ix - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Página xiv - 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 373 - ... it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Página xi - Resolved, That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several assemblies, conventions, and committees, or councils of safety, and to the several commanding officers of the continental troops ; that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army.
Página xx - 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 xiii - 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 403 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.