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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... vessel . Like those seamen of his time , who were more than common hands , he made a careful study of maps and charts , read the stories of travelers , and busied himself with questions as to the shape of the earth and its size ...
... vessel . Like those seamen of his time , who were more than common hands , he made a careful study of maps and charts , read the stories of travelers , and busied himself with questions as to the shape of the earth and its size ...
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... vessel secretly , to get all the advantage there might be for himself . But it needed a Columbus to carry out the ideas of Columbus . The captain of the vessel sent out by the king put out from the Azores , but meeting a storm , he was ...
... vessel secretly , to get all the advantage there might be for himself . But it needed a Columbus to carry out the ideas of Columbus . The captain of the vessel sent out by the king put out from the Azores , but meeting a storm , he was ...
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... vessels of the fleet gave courage to their townsmen . The Santa Maria , the largest of the three , was commanded by the Admiral , as Columbus was now called . It was only about sixty - three feet long , twenty feet broad at the 1 For ...
... vessels of the fleet gave courage to their townsmen . The Santa Maria , the largest of the three , was commanded by the Admiral , as Columbus was now called . It was only about sixty - three feet long , twenty feet broad at the 1 For ...
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... vessels were called , lost her rudder on the way , and the fleet remained in port a month for repairs . On the 6th of September , they left the Canary Islands and sailed westward over the unknown seas . Terrors of the Voyage . -Ten days ...
... vessels were called , lost her rudder on the way , and the fleet remained in port a month for repairs . On the 6th of September , they left the Canary Islands and sailed westward over the unknown seas . Terrors of the Voyage . -Ten days ...
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... vessels sailed on without harm , they took fresh heart , and believed themselves to be near land . More trustworthy signs of land appeared . They caught a crab ; they saw birds , among them a pelican , which they thought never flew more ...
... vessels sailed on without harm , they took fresh heart , and believed themselves to be near land . More trustworthy signs of land appeared . They caught a crab ; they saw birds , among them a pelican , which they thought never flew more ...
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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...