History of the Formation of the Union Under the Constitution: With Liberty Documents and Report of the CommissionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1941 - 885 Seiten |
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... granted by King James I to Sir Thomas Gates and others in 1606. Three years later a new and enlarged charter was given to the " Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for the First Colony in Virginia ...
... granted by King James I to Sir Thomas Gates and others in 1606. Three years later a new and enlarged charter was given to the " Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for the First Colony in Virginia ...
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... granted . The liberties and rights of Britons were concessions from kings who ruled as by divine right and were originally seized of all author- ity . This theory underlies the monarchical system to this day . The colonies , beginning ...
... granted . The liberties and rights of Britons were concessions from kings who ruled as by divine right and were originally seized of all author- ity . This theory underlies the monarchical system to this day . The colonies , beginning ...
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... granted only such powers as are necessary for the proper discharge of purely national functions , such as could not be discharged by the states , acting either separately or through interstate compacts . New conditions and an uncertain ...
... granted only such powers as are necessary for the proper discharge of purely national functions , such as could not be discharged by the states , acting either separately or through interstate compacts . New conditions and an uncertain ...
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... granted are indefinite and incapable of enumeration . Every thing is granted that is not expressly reserved in the constitutional charter , or neces- sarily retained as inherent in the people . But when a federal govern- ment is erected ...
... granted are indefinite and incapable of enumeration . Every thing is granted that is not expressly reserved in the constitutional charter , or neces- sarily retained as inherent in the people . But when a federal govern- ment is erected ...
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... granted " in the following sentence , from Art . I. § 1 : " All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Con- gress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives . " Neither branch of ...
... granted " in the following sentence , from Art . I. § 1 : " All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Con- gress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives . " Neither branch of ...
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14th amend Adams adopted amendments American Antifederalists appointed April Articles of Confederation Assembly August ballot Bill of Rights Charles Charles Willson Peale chief justice citizens colonies commissioned committee Connecticut considered Constitutional Convention Continental Congress Convention of 1787 December Declaration of Independence Delaware delegates Department deputies district duties election electors established executive February federal Federalist foreign Georgia governor Hamilton Hampshire Henry honor House of Representatives Ibid Impeachment important James January Jefferson John judge judicial judiciary July June jurisdiction Knox later legislative legislature Lent letter liberty Maclay March Maryland Massachusetts ment Morris Mount Vernon North Carolina oath opinion Pennsylvania person Philadelphia portrait present presidential proposed question ratification convention resolution respect Rhode Island secretary Senate September September 17 session signer Sol Bloom Supreme Court thereof tion treaties Union United United States Senator Vice President Virginia vote William wrote York
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Seite 82 - If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President...
Seite 539 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Seite 547 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Seite 577 - THERE is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Seite 542 - ... felony, or other high misdemeanor in any state, shall flee from Justice, and be found in any of the united states, he shall upon demand of the Governor or executive power, of the state from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the state having jurisdiction of his offence. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these states to the records, acts and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other state.
Seite 19 - Resolved, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the National Legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Seite 570 - Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Seite 547 - ... of the said articles of confederation and perpetual union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained: and we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them; and that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be...
Seite 80 - SECTION 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have...
Seite 577 - From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.