A History of the United States of America: With an Introduction Narrating the Discovery and Settlement of North AmericaSheldon, 1897 - 520 Seiten |
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... Army of Arnold's Route 149 Vicinity of New York . • Vicinity of Philadelphia • Crown Point and Ticonderoga 170 the Potomac , etc. 168 Vicinity of Vicksburg . folk and Richmond 369 • 377 169 The Peninsula , etc. , between Nor- 380 PAGE ...
... Army of Arnold's Route 149 Vicinity of New York . • Vicinity of Philadelphia • Crown Point and Ticonderoga 170 the Potomac , etc. 168 Vicinity of Vicksburg . folk and Richmond 369 • 377 169 The Peninsula , etc. , between Nor- 380 PAGE ...
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... army , less than five hundred in number , into the heart of Mexico . Sometimes he made friends of the natives ; some- times he fought them . He got possession finally of the most important chieftain , Montezuma , and , after a short ...
... army , less than five hundred in number , into the heart of Mexico . Sometimes he made friends of the natives ; some- times he fought them . He got possession finally of the most important chieftain , Montezuma , and , after a short ...
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... army dwindled away , but De Soto pushed on until he came to a point 1541. not far from where the city of Memphis now stands ; there he saw the great river Mississippi , which lay across his path . But nothing came at the time of this ...
... army dwindled away , but De Soto pushed on until he came to a point 1541. not far from where the city of Memphis now stands ; there he saw the great river Mississippi , which lay across his path . But nothing came at the time of this ...
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... army was the power by which the governor ruled , and the governor was an officer of the French king . — The English , the French , and the Indians . The English colo- nies , especially the Puritan ones of the North , were very sus ...
... army was the power by which the governor ruled , and the governor was an officer of the French king . — The English , the French , and the Indians . The English colo- nies , especially the Puritan ones of the North , were very sus ...
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... army ; and the French and Indians followed up their victory by laying waste the back country of Virginia , Maryland , and Pennsylvania . 1755 . The disaster to Braddock's army was terrible , but it had an important influence for good ...
... army ; and the French and Indians followed up their victory by laying waste the back country of Virginia , Maryland , and Pennsylvania . 1755 . The disaster to Braddock's army was terrible , but it had an important influence for good ...
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Seite 468 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 300 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Seite 461 - NEW YORK: William Floyd; Philip Livingston; Francis Lewis; Lewis Morris. NEW JERSEY: Richard Stockton; John Witherspoon; Francis Hopkinson; John Hart; Abraham Clark. PENNSYLVANIA: Robert Morris; Benjamin Rush; Benjamin Franklin; John Morton; George Clymer; James Smith; George Taylor; James Wilson, George Ross.
Seite 464 - ... and return their names to Congress, one of whom, Congress shall appoint and commission for the residue of the term; and every five years, four months at least before the expiration of the time of service of the members of council, the said house shall nominate ten persons, qualified as aforesaid, and return their names to Congress...
Seite 465 - ... the governor, legislative council, and house of representatives shall have authority to make laws in all cases for the good government of the district, not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared. And all bills, having passed by a majority in the house, and by a majority in the council, shall be referred to the governor for his assent ; but no bill, or legislative act whatever, shall be of any force without his assent. The governor shall have power...
Seite 475 - 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 ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Seite 388 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...
Seite 467 - Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common high-ways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost or duty therefor. Art. 5th. There shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three, nor more than five states...
Seite 132 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — ("Treason," cried the Speaker — "treason, treason," echoed from every part of the House.
Seite 462 - Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid that there shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a governor whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress...