Manual of United States History: From 1492 to 1850Brewer and Tileston, 1873 - 483 pages |
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... independence - Charter government , 38. Pu- ritan principles External relations - Internal relations , 39. Connecti- cut , 40. Providence and Rhode Island - Dissolution of the council , 41 . End of companies - Position of New England ...
... independence - Charter government , 38. Pu- ritan principles External relations - Internal relations , 39. Connecti- cut , 40. Providence and Rhode Island - Dissolution of the council , 41 . End of companies - Position of New England ...
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... INDEPENDENCE . - Transformation of colonies to states - Idea of independence , 220 . North Carolina and Virginia— Congress - Hesitation , 221. Lee's reso- lution - Debate , 222. Committee on declaration Resolution adopted , 223. And the ...
... INDEPENDENCE . - Transformation of colonies to states - Idea of independence , 220 . North Carolina and Virginia— Congress - Hesitation , 221. Lee's reso- lution - Debate , 222. Committee on declaration Resolution adopted , 223. And the ...
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... independence , the colony might have been supposed to be the company's shadow , too unsubstantial to support or to oppose the power to which it owed its being . Virginia became a royal province . The governor Virginia a royal and the ...
... independence , the colony might have been supposed to be the company's shadow , too unsubstantial to support or to oppose the power to which it owed its being . Virginia became a royal province . The governor Virginia a royal and the ...
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... independence of external authority , except in so far as its territory was held by grants from the Council for New England . Political The political forms of Plymouth were singu- forms . larly simple . Every settler of good character ...
... independence of external authority , except in so far as its territory was held by grants from the Council for New England . Political The political forms of Plymouth were singu- forms . larly simple . Every settler of good character ...
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... independence of the colony . So independent in some respects did its position become , that the Council for New England , sometimes as a body and sometimes through its individual members , began to dread and to resist the rising power ...
... independence of the colony . So independent in some respects did its position become , that the Council for New England , sometimes as a body and sometimes through its individual members , began to dread and to resist the rising power ...
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Page 268 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union ; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state, will effectually provide for the same.
Page 415 - State; be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission, under the provisions of the Federal Constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of...
Page 254 - For, according to the system of policy the States shall adopt at this moment, they will stand or fall; and by their confirmation or lapse it is yet to be decided, whether the revolution must ultimately be considered as a blessing or a curse ; a blessing or a curse, not to the present age alone, for with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved.
Page 328 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 377 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 278 - Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Page 185 - That his majesty's subjects in these colonies, owe the same allegiance to the crown of Great Britain, that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body the parliament of Great Britain.
Page 303 - Whereas it appears that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands, of the one part, and France on the other, and the duty and interest of the United States require, that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerent powers...
Page 389 - ... shall be performed to the extent of the powers already vested in me by law, or of...
Page 278 - I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.