A Higher History of the United States: For Schools and AcademiesUniversity Publishing Company, 1889 - 466 pages |
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... reached by Bartholomeu Diaz in 1486 , and was finally doubled by Vasco da Gama in 1497 . nation of Portugal was trying to reach that East by sailing down the unknown shores of trans- equatorial Africa . The known world was in a state of ...
... reached by Bartholomeu Diaz in 1486 , and was finally doubled by Vasco da Gama in 1497 . nation of Portugal was trying to reach that East by sailing down the unknown shores of trans- equatorial Africa . The known world was in a state of ...
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... reaching India by water ? What can you say of the idea entertained by Christopher Columbus ? With what was Columbus familiar ... reached his conclusion ? Why did not eminent scholars of that day dare to profess openly their beliefs and ...
... reaching India by water ? What can you say of the idea entertained by Christopher Columbus ? With what was Columbus familiar ... reached his conclusion ? Why did not eminent scholars of that day dare to profess openly their beliefs and ...
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... that , there were lands upon the earth other than those then known ; that the earth was round ; and that Asia could be reached by sailing west across the Atlantic . " The " The earth , " he reasoned ,. 26 PERIOD OF DISCOVERY .
... that , there were lands upon the earth other than those then known ; that the earth was round ; and that Asia could be reached by sailing west across the Atlantic . " The " The earth , " he reasoned ,. 26 PERIOD OF DISCOVERY .
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... reached where winds never blow . When a steady breeze set in and wafted them swiftly along in the direction most to be desired , it was , " How shall we ever sail back against it ? " The further they proceeded , the more uneasy they ...
... reached where winds never blow . When a steady breeze set in and wafted them swiftly along in the direction most to be desired , it was , " How shall we ever sail back against it ? " The further they proceeded , the more uneasy they ...
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... reached American shores , and all felt the solemnity and importance of the occasion . The first landing of Columbus in the new world was made with elaborate ceremony . Attired in a rich uniform of scarlet , with the royal banner of ...
... reached American shores , and all felt the solemnity and importance of the occasion . The first landing of Columbus in the new world was made with elaborate ceremony . Attired in a rich uniform of scarlet , with the royal banner of ...
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Page 438 - 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 meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 438 - He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our People, and eat out their substance.
Page 223 - I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Page 315 - 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 maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 447 - Congress. 2 The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
Page 446 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Page 441 - State for which he shall be chosen. 4. The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless they be equally divided. 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice-President or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States.
Page 229 - ... civil or military, within this county, we do hereby ordain and adopt as a rule of life all, each and every of our former laws, wherein, nevertheless, the Crown of Great Britain never can be considered as holding rights, privileges, immunities or authority therein.
Page 438 - He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Page 441 - Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. 5 The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States. 6 The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the chief justice shall preside: and no person shall be convicted...