A Paragraph History of the United States from the Discovery of the Continent to the Present Time: With Brief Notes on Contemporaneous Events. Chronologically ArrangedRoberts brothers, 1875 - 93 pages |
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... measure successful , but his administration of affairs was not very popular . Little by little the New England ideas took hold of the New Netherlanders , and when , in 1664 , King Charles II . granted to his brother , the Duke of York ...
... measure successful , but his administration of affairs was not very popular . Little by little the New England ideas took hold of the New Netherlanders , and when , in 1664 , King Charles II . granted to his brother , the Duke of York ...
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... measures was vindicated and established through the case of the " New York Weekly Journal , ” published by one John Peter Zenger , which had dared to criticise some of the arbitrary acts of the Governor and Assembly in the imposi- tion ...
... measures was vindicated and established through the case of the " New York Weekly Journal , ” published by one John Peter Zenger , which had dared to criticise some of the arbitrary acts of the Governor and Assembly in the imposi- tion ...
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... measure adopted at this time by the British Government to secure revenue . It provided that for all legal documents only a certain kind of stamped paper should be used , sold by the government . The American Colonies felt it to be very ...
... measure adopted at this time by the British Government to secure revenue . It provided that for all legal documents only a certain kind of stamped paper should be used , sold by the government . The American Colonies felt it to be very ...
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... measure . When therefore the ships had arrived in their berths , a band of men , disguised as Indians , went on board , and threw all the tea over into the sea . This was on the 16th of December , and is known as the " Boston Tea Party ...
... measure . When therefore the ships had arrived in their berths , a band of men , disguised as Indians , went on board , and threw all the tea over into the sea . This was on the 16th of December , and is known as the " Boston Tea Party ...
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... measures , active preparations for the armed support of them were begun in the colonies , in Massachusetts especially ; while at Boston , as being the source and centre of the trouble , British troops began to be gathered in ...
... measures , active preparations for the armed support of them were begun in the colonies , in Massachusetts especially ; while at Boston , as being the source and centre of the trouble , British troops began to be gathered in ...
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Page 83 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise ; the state remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without and convulsions within.
Page 61 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Page 86 - 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.
Page 41 - This committee was appointed on the 1 1th, and consisted of Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia ; John Adams, of Massachusetts ; Benjamin Franklin, of Pennsylvania ; Roger Sherman, of Connecticut ; and Robert R. Livingston, of New York.
Page 85 - States may of right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
Page 41 - That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. That it is expedient forthwith to take the most effectual measures for forming foreign Alliances. That a plan of confederation be prepared and transmitted to the respective Colonies for their consideration and approbation.
Page 79 - Union 1. Delaware 2. Pennsylvania 3. New Jersey 4. Georgia 5. Connecticut 6. Massachusetts 7. Maryland 8. South Carolina 9. New Hampshire 10. Virginia 11. New York 12. North Carolina 13. Rhode Island 14. Vermont 15. Kentucky 16. Tennessee 17. Ohio 18. Louisiana 19. Indiana 20. Mississippi 21. Illinois 22. Alabama 23. Maine 24. Missouri 25.
Page 85 - Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery. CONNECTICUT. — Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott. 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. DELAWARE.
Page 86 - Rodney, George Read, Thomas M'Kean. Maryland. — Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. Virginia. — George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton. North Carolina. — William Hooper, Joseph 'Hewes, John Penn. South Carolina. — Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton. Georgia. — Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton.
Page 53 - Sir, if a dissolution of the Union must take place, let it be so. If civil war, which gentlemen so much threaten, must come, I can only say, let it come. My hold on life is probably as frail as that of any man who now hears me ; but, while that hold lasts, it shall be devoted to the service of my country — to the freedom of man.