A History of the American RevolutionIsaac N. Whiting, 1834 - 278 Seiten |
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... followed by more regular and more effective proceedings on the part of the American patriots . On the 6th of June the assembly of Massachu- setts , sensible of the necessity of union to the maintenance of their rights and liberties ...
... followed by more regular and more effective proceedings on the part of the American patriots . On the 6th of June the assembly of Massachu- setts , sensible of the necessity of union to the maintenance of their rights and liberties ...
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... plead the cause of the colonies with all the fervor of commanding eloquence . In the course of a Who followed Mr. Pitt in debate ? What was Mr. Pitt's reply ? few days the same cause was maintained by Dr. Franklin AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 25.
... plead the cause of the colonies with all the fervor of commanding eloquence . In the course of a Who followed Mr. Pitt in debate ? What was Mr. Pitt's reply ? few days the same cause was maintained by Dr. Franklin AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 25.
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... followed by the carriages of the gentry , through the main streets to the place of interment . Immediately after the affray , which was productive of such sad consequences , Captain Preston , the officer who commanded the party who had ...
... followed by the carriages of the gentry , through the main streets to the place of interment . Immediately after the affray , which was productive of such sad consequences , Captain Preston , the officer who commanded the party who had ...
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... followed the annuncia- tion of this motion marked the sense of the House as to the wharves . About twenty persons , in the dress of Mohawks , boarded the vessels , and , protected by the crowd on shore , broke open three hundred and ...
... followed the annuncia- tion of this motion marked the sense of the House as to the wharves . About twenty persons , in the dress of Mohawks , boarded the vessels , and , protected by the crowd on shore , broke open three hundred and ...
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... followed by still more alarming measures . The free constitutions of the Ameri- can provinces had presented strong impediments against the views of his majesty and his ministers . Among these , the charter of Massachusetts was pre ...
... followed by still more alarming measures . The free constitutions of the Ameri- can provinces had presented strong impediments against the views of his majesty and his ministers . Among these , the charter of Massachusetts was pre ...
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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.