A Junior Class History of the United States: To which are Added the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States ...Maynard, Merrill & Company, 1899 - 382 pages |
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... Confederation . - Nothing but the strong necessity of making a united effort kept the States together during the Revolutionary War . There was , * Thaddeus Kosciusko was born in Poland about 1755. His character is among the most ...
... Confederation . - Nothing but the strong necessity of making a united effort kept the States together during the Revolutionary War . There was , * Thaddeus Kosciusko was born in Poland about 1755. His character is among the most ...
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... Confederation . It was soon found that the Articles of Confederation gave too ' little power to the general government to enable it to pay the debts incurred during the war . Congress could not levy taxes ; it could only call upon the ...
... Confederation . It was soon found that the Articles of Confederation gave too ' little power to the general government to enable it to pay the debts incurred during the war . Congress could not levy taxes ; it could only call upon the ...
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... Confederation , so as to establish a more complete union of the States . Washington was elected president of this Convention . After about four months ' deliberation , a new Constitution was adopted , and sent forth to receive the ...
... Confederation , so as to establish a more complete union of the States . Washington was elected president of this Convention . After about four months ' deliberation , a new Constitution was adopted , and sent forth to receive the ...
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... confederation , or league of States ; but the adoption of the Constitution by the People of the States , made it national . The govern- ment , by the Constitution , is vested in Congress , which is the law - making power ; the President ...
... confederation , or league of States ; but the adoption of the Constitution by the People of the States , made it national . The govern- ment , by the Constitution , is vested in Congress , which is the law - making power ; the President ...
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... Its effect ? What law was subsequently passed ? 19 . When did Jefferson's second term expire ? Who succeeded him ? CHAPTER XVI Madison's Administration 1. Indian Confederation - Battle of 198 [ 1809 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
... Its effect ? What law was subsequently passed ? 19 . When did Jefferson's second term expire ? Who succeeded him ? CHAPTER XVI Madison's Administration 1. Indian Confederation - Battle of 198 [ 1809 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Page 146 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country...
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Page 94 - Where the dark scorpion gathers death around, Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake, Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more murderous still than they; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravaged landscape with the skies.
Page 2 - 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 danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 3 - He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 23 - To receive him with suitable pomp and distinction, the sovereigns had ordered their throne to be placed in public, under a rich canopy of brocade of gold, in a vast and splendid saloon. Here the king and queen awaited his arrival, seated in state, with the prince Juan beside them, and attended by the dignitaries of their court, and the principal nobility of Castile...
Page 7 - Delaware, December 7, 1787. Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787. New Jersey, December 18, 1787. Georgia, January 2, 1788. Connecticut, January 9, 1788. Massachusetts, February 6, 1788. Maryland, April 28, 1788. South Carolina. May 23, 1788. New Hampshire, June 21, 1788.
Page 238 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 16 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.