Handbook of the United States Political History for Readers and StudentsLothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, 1906 - 452 páginas |
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THE CESSION OF TERRITORY TO THE UNITED STATES . BY CONQUEST AND PURCHASE . Ceded by Great Britain , Conquest , 827,844 Square Miles . Result of the " War of the Revolution . " November 30 , 1782. Provisional articles between the United ...
THE CESSION OF TERRITORY TO THE UNITED STATES . BY CONQUEST AND PURCHASE . Ceded by Great Britain , Conquest , 827,844 Square Miles . Result of the " War of the Revolution . " November 30 , 1782. Provisional articles between the United ...
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... United States , perhaps make it a threat- ening maritime rival of England . The United States had in mind the possible conquest of Louisiana and control of the Mississippi River by England in the event of war with France , and with ...
... United States , perhaps make it a threat- ening maritime rival of England . The United States had in mind the possible conquest of Louisiana and control of the Mississippi River by England in the event of war with France , and with ...
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... United States the territory as acquired from Spain October 1 , 1800 . The agreements of two conventions ( April 30 , 1803 ) . The first conven- tion fixed the purchase price at a sum equivalent to $ 15,000,000 , i.e. 60,000,000 francs ...
... United States the territory as acquired from Spain October 1 , 1800 . The agreements of two conventions ( April 30 , 1803 ) . The first conven- tion fixed the purchase price at a sum equivalent to $ 15,000,000 , i.e. 60,000,000 francs ...
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... United States . October 27 , 1795. Treaty concluded at San Lorenzo el Real ( ratifications exchanged April 25 , 1796 ; proclaimed August 2 , 1796 ) between Spain and the United States . Southern boundary of the United States , " a line ...
... United States . October 27 , 1795. Treaty concluded at San Lorenzo el Real ( ratifications exchanged April 25 , 1796 ; proclaimed August 2 , 1796 ) between Spain and the United States . Southern boundary of the United States , " a line ...
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... United States . February 22 , 1819. Sabine River agreed upon as the boundary between Spain's possessions and the United States . See " Florida . " May 7 , 1824. By decree of the Constituent Mexican Congress , Coahuila and Texas united ...
... United States . February 22 , 1819. Sabine River agreed upon as the boundary between Spain's possessions and the United States . See " Florida . " May 7 , 1824. By decree of the Constituent Mexican Congress , Coahuila and Texas united ...
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Página 125 - Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope, that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence...
Página 122 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Página 118 - The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits and political principles.
Página 79 - ... or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each State on any question shall be entered on the journal, when it is desired by any delegate ; and the delegates of a State, or any of them...
Página 414 - States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Página 77 - States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Página 117 - I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it...
Página 77 - United States in Congress assembled, for the defence of such State, or its trade ; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgment of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State ; but every State shall always keep up a well regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutred...
Página 78 - The united states in congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states...
Página 38 - The legislatures of those districts or new States, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona 284 fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and, in no case, shall nonresident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.