The Young American: Or Book of Government and Law; Showing Their History, Nature and Necessity. For the Use of Schools. Fourth Edition

William Robinson, 1844 - 282 Seiten

CHAPTER PAGE I The First Ideas of Government and Law	7

The second stage of knowledge of Law and Gov ernment	11

The different Conditions of Mankind The Savage State	13

The Barbarous State	15

The Civilized State	17

SocietyCivil Society t and	19

Individual Property	21

LibertyAbsolute Liberty Natural Liberty	26

Englandcontinued	138

Present state of the British Empire	141

Government of Great Britain	144

Legislature and Judiciary of Great Britain	149

Other Governments of Europe	152

Discoveries in America c	158

The establishment of the English Colonies	161

General remarks on Colonies c	164

Civil Liberty	30

Illustrations showing that Government promotes Practical Liberty	34

Recapitulation	36

Equality	39

Civil Government	42

Governmentcontinued	45

The Legislative powerthe Legislature	46

The Judicial Powerthe Judiciary	48

The Executive Power des 349	49

Forms of Government	52

Origin and History of Government X7X	58

Political System of the Hebrews 161	61

Political Institutions of China	65

Political Institutions of Egypt	69

Sketch of Ancient Greece Character of the People	73

Greece continued	77

The Court of Areopagus	91

Other Courts of Athens Sparta	93

Spartacontinued	98

Other States of Greece	103

The City of Rome	105

Rome Divisions of the People	108

CHAPTER PAGE XXXV RomeForm of Government	110

Review	114

The Feudal System	117

France	121

Francecontinued The Revolution	128

Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	135

Revolutionary Government of the United States	168

The Confederation	170

Origin of the Constitution	171

Preliminary Remarks on the Constitution 172	172

The Constitution with Explanatory Remarks	173

Articles in addition to and amendment of the Consti tution	204

Review of the Constitution	212

Congress	214

The Administration	215

The President c	216

Secretary of State	218

Secretary of the Treasury	220

Secretary of War	226

Secretary of the Navy	227

PostmasterGeneral	228

Patent Office	229

Judiciary	230

State Governments	232

Punishments	234

Qualifications of Voters	236

The Majority	238

Political Parties	239

Duties of Citizens	242

APPENDIX Declaration of Rights	249

Declaration of Independence	252

Articles of Confederation	255

Questions	264

Titel	The Young American: Or Book of Government and Law; Showing Their History, Nature and Necessity. For the Use of Schools. Fourth Edition
Autor/in	Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Ausgabe	4
Verlag	William Robinson, 1844
Original von	British Library
Digitalisiert	11. Sept. 2015
Länge	282 Seiten

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