A History of the United States for Families and LibrariesMason, 1860 - 672 Seiten |
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... officers of government , they encouraged the navigator by prom- ises of their continual support . But he became disgusted by procrastination , and abandoning the hope of royal aid , he applied to two wealthy dukes for assistance . They ...
... officers of government , they encouraged the navigator by prom- ises of their continual support . But he became disgusted by procrastination , and abandoning the hope of royal aid , he applied to two wealthy dukes for assistance . They ...
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... officers , and of exercising all executive and legislative power . The colonists were to pay homage to the sovereign , and a tribute of one fifth of the net products of gold and silver found in Virginia ; yet they possessed no rights of ...
... officers , and of exercising all executive and legislative power . The colonists were to pay homage to the sovereign , and a tribute of one fifth of the net products of gold and silver found in Virginia ; yet they possessed no rights of ...
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... officers , and ordained the laws , for the colony . Yet no political privilege was granted to the settlers . Their very exist- ence as a body politic , was completely ignored . They had no voice in the choice of rulers and the enactment ...
... officers , and ordained the laws , for the colony . Yet no political privilege was granted to the settlers . Their very exist- ence as a body politic , was completely ignored . They had no voice in the choice of rulers and the enactment ...
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... officers being paid from duties upon exported tobacco , these officials were made independent of the people . ' Oppressive and unequal taxes were levied , and the idle aristocracy formed a distinct and ruling class . The " common people ...
... officers being paid from duties upon exported tobacco , these officials were made independent of the people . ' Oppressive and unequal taxes were levied , and the idle aristocracy formed a distinct and ruling class . The " common people ...
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... officers , at first , were a governor and an assistant . In 1624 , five assistants were chosen ; and in 1630 , when the colony numbered almost five hundred souls , seven assistants were elected . This pure democracy prevailed , both in ...
... officers , at first , were a governor and an assistant . In 1624 , five assistants were chosen ; and in 1630 , when the colony numbered almost five hundred souls , seven assistants were elected . This pure democracy prevailed , both in ...
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Seite 611 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces, in the service of the United States, shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace; appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Seite 613 - States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...
Seite 78 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Seite 614 - And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of Ihe United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.
Seite 575 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Seite 587 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Seite 587 - Honour, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them. Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable.
Seite 545 - For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper...
Seite 536 - In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Seite 483 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...