A History of the American RevolutionIsaac N. Whiting, 1834 - 278 Seiten |
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... Island .. 19. Evacuation of New York .. 20. Battle of Trenton ..... 21. Capture of Philadelphia .. 22. Burgoyne's Expedition .. 23. Failure of Burgoyne's Expedition . 24. Convention of Saratoga .. 25. Treaty with France ... ..86 .96 .99 ...
... Island .. 19. Evacuation of New York .. 20. Battle of Trenton ..... 21. Capture of Philadelphia .. 22. Burgoyne's Expedition .. 23. Failure of Burgoyne's Expedition . 24. Convention of Saratoga .. 25. Treaty with France ... ..86 .96 .99 ...
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... Island , and New Hampshire . Whilst the once persecuted Protestants thus gave a sad proof that their sufferings had not taught them mercy , it was reserved for a Roman Catholic nobleman to give to the new world a striking example of ...
... Island , and New Hampshire . Whilst the once persecuted Protestants thus gave a sad proof that their sufferings had not taught them mercy , it was reserved for a Roman Catholic nobleman to give to the new world a striking example of ...
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... Island , and Providence Plantations ; and patents were also granted to Lord Clarendon and the Duke of York , bestowing on the former a right to form plantations in the district now comprehending North and South Carolina and Georgia ...
... Island , and Providence Plantations ; and patents were also granted to Lord Clarendon and the Duke of York , bestowing on the former a right to form plantations in the district now comprehending North and South Carolina and Georgia ...
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... of attorney for the crown in the island of Antigua , until his death in 1789 . Who defended Captain Preston & c ? What did Mr. Adams say to the jury ? on the trial of Captain Preston , did not hesitate 34 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... of attorney for the crown in the island of Antigua , until his death in 1789 . Who defended Captain Preston & c ? What did Mr. Adams say to the jury ? on the trial of Captain Preston , did not hesitate 34 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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... men ? Where were the provisions & c . deposited ? What measures were adopted at a later meeting ? What was the governor's situation ? F In Rhode Island the people seized the public battery of AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 53.
... men ? Where were the provisions & c . deposited ? What measures were adopted at a later meeting ? What was the governor's situation ? F In Rhode Island the people seized the public battery of AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 53.
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Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.