A History of the American RevolutionIsaac N. Whiting, 1834 - 278 من الصفحات |
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... considerable portion of the continent of North America . No attempt however , was made to establish a colony in that country till the reign of Queen Elizabeth , when Sir Hum- phrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh , in the years 1578 and ...
... considerable portion of the continent of North America . No attempt however , was made to establish a colony in that country till the reign of Queen Elizabeth , when Sir Hum- phrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh , in the years 1578 and ...
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... considerably more than a third of the whole . In agriculture , he asserted that Amer- ica was so prosperous that she was enabled to export vast quantities of gain for the supply of the mother country . As to the third head of ...
... considerably more than a third of the whole . In agriculture , he asserted that Amer- ica was so prosperous that she was enabled to export vast quantities of gain for the supply of the mother country . As to the third head of ...
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... considerable length , and with transcendent ability , Mr. Burke concluded by moving a series of resolu- tions in which their substance was embodied . This mas- terly speech , in the meditation and composition of which Mr. Burke , in the ...
... considerable length , and with transcendent ability , Mr. Burke concluded by moving a series of resolu- tions in which their substance was embodied . This mas- terly speech , in the meditation and composition of which Mr. Burke , in the ...
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... considerable eminence , called Bunker's Hill . As this was deemed a post of great importance , the Americans resolved to occupy it , and orders were given by the pro- What measures did the Colonies take after the battle at Lexington ...
... considerable eminence , called Bunker's Hill . As this was deemed a post of great importance , the Americans resolved to occupy it , and orders were given by the pro- What measures did the Colonies take after the battle at Lexington ...
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... considerable difficulties in consequence of his want of the chief requisites for conducting a siege ; but On the 10th of October what occurred ? Where , and what is Ticonderoga ? What did Congress determine to do ? What had congress ...
... considerable difficulties in consequence of his want of the chief requisites for conducting a siege ; but On the 10th of October what occurred ? Where , and what is Ticonderoga ? What did Congress determine to do ? What had congress ...
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الصفحة 239 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
الصفحة 240 - 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...
الصفحة 238 - 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 239 - 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 the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State.
الصفحة 239 - Treason against the United 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 236 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
الصفحة 53 - All Protestantism, even the most cold and passive, is a sort of dissent. But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance ; it is the dissidence of dissent, and the Protestantism of the Protestant religion.
الصفحة 52 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent, to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
الصفحة 239 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.
الصفحة 239 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.