A History of United States of America: With an Introduction Narrating the Discovery and Settlement of North AmericaButler, Sheldon & Company, 1897 |
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... questions covering the paragraphs in the chapter . They are questions which cannot be answered by yes or no ; they require the pupil to know what he has studied , and very often to have thought carefully about what he has read . They do ...
... questions covering the paragraphs in the chapter . They are questions which cannot be answered by yes or no ; they require the pupil to know what he has studied , and very often to have thought carefully about what he has read . They do ...
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... questions . Debates con- ducted before the whole school not only train the debaters , but serve as an excellent quickener of the wits of those who listen . The study of civil government may be promoted by an organization of the school ...
... questions . Debates con- ducted before the whole school not only train the debaters , but serve as an excellent quickener of the wits of those who listen . The study of civil government may be promoted by an organization of the school ...
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... questions as to the shape of the earth and its size . Learned men had long held the opinion that the world was a globe instead of being flat , as the common people and the more ignorant supposed . Columbus also believed it to be a globe ...
... questions as to the shape of the earth and its size . Learned men had long held the opinion that the world was a globe instead of being flat , as the common people and the more ignorant supposed . Columbus also believed it to be a globe ...
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... QUESTIONS . What was the birthplace of Columbus ? What was his occupation after he left school ? What did he and others of that time think of the shape and size of the world ? How did Columbus propose to reach Asia ? How far off did he ...
... QUESTIONS . What was the birthplace of Columbus ? What was his occupation after he left school ? What did he and others of that time think of the shape and size of the world ? How did Columbus propose to reach Asia ? How far off did he ...
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... QUESTIONS . What is the meaning of the name Mediterranean Sea ? What great empire once controlled it wholly ? What is now the great Mediterranean of the world ? Columbus thought it four thousand miles from the west- ern coast of Europe ...
... QUESTIONS . What is the meaning of the name Mediterranean Sea ? What great empire once controlled it wholly ? What is now the great Mediterranean of the world ? Columbus thought it four thousand miles from the west- ern coast of Europe ...
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Página 466 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent: and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 137 - Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 457 - ... 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 457 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Página 467 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Página 401 - Commission, composed of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court. The result was the election of Mr.