A History of the American RevolutionIsaac N. Whiting, 1834 - 278 من الصفحات |
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... force of 5000 men , raised and equipped by the single State of Mas- sachusetts , and acting in concert with a British armament from the Indies , took Louisburg from the French . The success of this expedition so much excited the ...
... force of 5000 men , raised and equipped by the single State of Mas- sachusetts , and acting in concert with a British armament from the Indies , took Louisburg from the French . The success of this expedition so much excited the ...
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William Shepherd. French ; but being afterwards attacked by a superior force he was obliged to surrender , receiving , however , honorable terms of capitulation . A war with France now seeming inevitable , a general meeting of the ...
William Shepherd. French ; but being afterwards attacked by a superior force he was obliged to surrender , receiving , however , honorable terms of capitulation . A war with France now seeming inevitable , a general meeting of the ...
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... raising and keeping up more forces than What American patriot ? What were his apprehensions ? With what views did governors often come to the colonies ? necessary , from the profits accruing to themselves , and 12 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... raising and keeping up more forces than What American patriot ? What were his apprehensions ? With what views did governors often come to the colonies ? necessary , from the profits accruing to themselves , and 12 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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... force of arms . The latter step had no immediate effect ; but the non - importation agreement brought such distress upon the British manufacturers , that they besieged parliament with petitions against the measures which had been ...
... force of arms . The latter step had no immediate effect ; but the non - importation agreement brought such distress upon the British manufacturers , that they besieged parliament with petitions against the measures which had been ...
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William Shepherd. of Boston . The intention of the British government to send this force to Boston having been announced , the select- men of ninety - six towns of the State of Massachusetts , met at Faneuil Hall , in that town ; but ...
William Shepherd. of Boston . The intention of the British government to send this force to Boston having been announced , the select- men of ninety - six towns of the State of Massachusetts , met at Faneuil Hall , in that town ; but ...
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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.