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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... appointed that Hudson had not found a new route to India , and paid little attention to his discovery of a great river and a noble country . Some Amsterdam merchants , however , saw an oppor- tunity for trade , and sent out vessels to ...
... appointed that Hudson had not found a new route to India , and paid little attention to his discovery of a great river and a noble country . Some Amsterdam merchants , however , saw an oppor- tunity for trade , and sent out vessels to ...
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... appoint the managing council . The Virginia Company was in two divisions , called the Lon- don Company and the Plymouth Company . The former , com- posed chiefly of men living in London , was to trade and form colonies in the southern ...
... appoint the managing council . The Virginia Company was in two divisions , called the Lon- don Company and the Plymouth Company . The former , com- posed chiefly of men living in London , was to trade and form colonies in the southern ...
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... appointed Governor of Virginia , drew near the settlement , it met the wretched colonists coming down the river . They had been so discouraged and were in such trouble with the Indians that they had determined to abandon Virginia ...
... appointed Governor of Virginia , drew near the settlement , it met the wretched colonists coming down the river . They had been so discouraged and were in such trouble with the Indians that they had determined to abandon Virginia ...
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... appoint . There was to be no General Court . 1684 . The people were to have no voice in the government . It was the act of Charles II .; but just as it was announced , he died , and left the throne to his brother , James II . This king ...
... appoint . There was to be no General Court . 1684 . The people were to have no voice in the government . It was the act of Charles II .; but just as it was announced , he died , and left the throne to his brother , James II . This king ...
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... appointed by the crown , and the officers of the revenue were the king's officers . The towns elected representatives to the different assemblies , and made their own laws ; but these were not to oppose the laws of England.1 1 ...
... appointed by the crown , and the officers of the revenue were the king's officers . The towns elected representatives to the different assemblies , and made their own laws ; but these were not to oppose the laws of England.1 1 ...
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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.