History of the United States of North AmericaC. Tilt, 1838 - 375 páginas |
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... passed the winter in Canada , and in the spring erected a cross with a shield upon it , bearing the arms of France , and an inscription declaring Francis I. to be the sovereign of the territory ; to which he gave the name of New France ...
... passed the winter in Canada , and in the spring erected a cross with a shield upon it , bearing the arms of France , and an inscription declaring Francis I. to be the sovereign of the territory ; to which he gave the name of New France ...
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... passed the winter there , and returned in June , 1542. About the time of his return , Roberval , with a colony , arrived in Canada , or Norimbega , as it was then sometimes termed , remained till the next year , and then abandoned his ...
... passed the winter there , and returned in June , 1542. About the time of his return , Roberval , with a colony , arrived in Canada , or Norimbega , as it was then sometimes termed , remained till the next year , and then abandoned his ...
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... passed onward from tribe to tribe , and from river to river , until his splendid and well appointed army had melted away to a mere handful of men , worn out with suffer- ings , and destitute of the means of subsistence or defence ...
... passed onward from tribe to tribe , and from river to river , until his splendid and well appointed army had melted away to a mere handful of men , worn out with suffer- ings , and destitute of the means of subsistence or defence ...
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... passed into Alabama , and in October fought a severe battle with the Indians , at a town which was then called Mavilla or Mobile , on the Alabama above the junction of the Tombecbee . In this engagement 2,500 Indians are said to have ...
... passed into Alabama , and in October fought a severe battle with the Indians , at a town which was then called Mavilla or Mobile , on the Alabama above the junction of the Tombecbee . In this engagement 2,500 Indians are said to have ...
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... passing down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico - an undertaking of great difficulty and danger , which was not accomplished until July 18th , 1543 . Fifty days afterwards the remnant of Soto's splendid company of adventurers , now ...
... passing down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico - an undertaking of great difficulty and danger , which was not accomplished until July 18th , 1543 . Fifty days afterwards the remnant of Soto's splendid company of adventurers , now ...
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Página 366 - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Página 366 - ... 2. A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
Página 54 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Página 360 - States; 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
Página 359 - ... 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.
Página 359 - 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.
Página 59 - Covenant and combine ourselves together into a Civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof, to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 362 - 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 Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Página 365 - 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.
Página 370 - ... 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 of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.