History of the United States of North AmericaC. Tilt, 1838 - 375 من الصفحات |
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... direction , and the rotundity of the earth being known , it was inferred that the East Indies might be reached by holding a course directly west from Europe . These reasonings were not unsupported by striking facts . Pieces of wood ...
... direction , and the rotundity of the earth being known , it was inferred that the East Indies might be reached by holding a course directly west from Europe . These reasonings were not unsupported by striking facts . Pieces of wood ...
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... direction towards the polar star , a phenomenon which had not before been observed ; and which , of course , filled the mariners with alarm , since it appeared to withdraw from them their only guide upon the pathless ocean . Columbus ...
... direction towards the polar star , a phenomenon which had not before been observed ; and which , of course , filled the mariners with alarm , since it appeared to withdraw from them their only guide upon the pathless ocean . Columbus ...
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... direction to British enterprise , and gold became now the grand object of discovery . Queen Elizabeth contributed to the fitting out of a new expedition , which returned laden with what was supposed to be gold ore , but was soon ...
... direction to British enterprise , and gold became now the grand object of discovery . Queen Elizabeth contributed to the fitting out of a new expedition , which returned laden with what was supposed to be gold ore , but was soon ...
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... direction of Ralph Lane , who was appointed governor of the colony . Sir Richard Gren- ville , Hariot , Cavendish , and other distinguished men accom- panied him . Arriving on the coast , the fleet was in some danger of shipwreck near a ...
... direction of Ralph Lane , who was appointed governor of the colony . Sir Richard Gren- ville , Hariot , Cavendish , and other distinguished men accom- panied him . Arriving on the coast , the fleet was in some danger of shipwreck near a ...
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... direction of Captain Newport , who , with Sir Thomas Gates and Sir George Somers , was empowered to supersede the existing administration and govern the colony till the arrival of Lord Delaware . These three gentlemen embarked in the ...
... direction of Captain Newport , who , with Sir Thomas Gates and Sir George Somers , was empowered to supersede the existing administration and govern the colony till the arrival of Lord Delaware . These three gentlemen embarked in the ...
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الصفحة 366 - 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 States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
الصفحة 366 - ... 2. A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
الصفحة 54 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
الصفحة 360 - States; 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
الصفحة 359 - ... 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.
الصفحة 359 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
الصفحة 59 - Covenant and combine ourselves together into a Civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof, to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
الصفحة 362 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
الصفحة 365 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
الصفحة 370 - ... 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. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.