The Pictorial History of the American Revolution: With a Sketch of the Early History of the Country. The Constitution of the United States, and a Chronological IndexR. Sears, 1850 - 432 Seiten |
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... prisoners should be regulated by that which the Americans experienced . General Gage replied that the prisoners had been treated with care and kindness , but indiscriminately , because he acknowledged no rank that was not derived from ...
... prisoners should be regulated by that which the Americans experienced . General Gage replied that the prisoners had been treated with care and kindness , but indiscriminately , because he acknowledged no rank that was not derived from ...
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... prisoner . On the fall of Fort St. John , General Montgomery advanced against Montreal , which was in no condition to resist him . Governor Carleton , sensible of his inability to defend the town , quitted it , and next day General ...
... prisoner . On the fall of Fort St. John , General Montgomery advanced against Montreal , which was in no condition to resist him . Governor Carleton , sensible of his inability to defend the town , quitted it , and next day General ...
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... History of the Country. The Constitution of the United States, and a Chronological Index Robert Sears. E FIG . 70. View of St. Paul's Church , New York , and the Tomb of Montgomery . SING ed all his prisoners . He fought as a.
... History of the Country. The Constitution of the United States, and a Chronological Index Robert Sears. E FIG . 70. View of St. Paul's Church , New York , and the Tomb of Montgomery . SING ed all his prisoners . He fought as a.
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... prisoners . He fought as a soldier , and felt as a man . The Americans were not ignorant of their own great inferiority in point of numbers to the gar- rison , and were not without apprehensions of being attacked ; but , although the ...
... prisoners . He fought as a soldier , and felt as a man . The Americans were not ignorant of their own great inferiority in point of numbers to the gar- rison , and were not without apprehensions of being attacked ; but , although the ...
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... prisoners . The Americans retreated about forty - five miles , and then halted a few days ; but afterward proceeded ... prisoners . Arnold , who in the month of January had been raised to the rank of brigadier- general , and who then ...
... prisoners . The Americans retreated about forty - five miles , and then halted a few days ; but afterward proceeded ... prisoners . Arnold , who in the month of January had been raised to the rank of brigadier- general , and who then ...
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Seite 425 - 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 428 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President...
Seite 429 - ... shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any stale, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed. Section 3. — 1. 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 120 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Seite 428 - 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.
Seite 425 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time, by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Seite 425 - ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may provide.
Seite 425 - ... 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Seite 430 - The United States shall guaranty to every state in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive, (when the legislature cannot be convened.) against domestic violence.
Seite 432 - 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. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...