A History of the United States for Schools: Including a Concise Account of the Discovery of America, the Colonization of the Land, and the Revolutionary WarSilver, Burdett and Company, 1896 - 439 pages |
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... established the first republic on this continent . He summoned a General As- sembly , which was to be elected by the people , and every freeman was entitled to vote for the burgesses . On 34 [ 1610-1619 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COLONIES .
... established the first republic on this continent . He summoned a General As- sembly , which was to be elected by the people , and every freeman was entitled to vote for the burgesses . On 34 [ 1610-1619 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COLONIES .
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... elected to the General Court , who should carry out the will of the voters . Only mem- bers of the Puritan Church ... elect their ministers . The population grew rapidly , many Church and State . The first town meeting held in New ...
... elected to the General Court , who should carry out the will of the voters . Only mem- bers of the Puritan Church ... elect their ministers . The population grew rapidly , many Church and State . The first town meeting held in New ...
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... elected . Here was a pure democracy , all men's votes being of equal importance , and each being privileged to speak his mind on any subject . The town meeting was a great educator of the people , and its influence has been felt even to ...
... elected . Here was a pure democracy , all men's votes being of equal importance , and each being privileged to speak his mind on any subject . The town meeting was a great educator of the people , and its influence has been felt even to ...
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... elect one branch of the legislature . The other colonies , though originally proprietary , became royal , one at a time , when the proprietors surrendered their rights to the king ; in one of these the proprietor , the Duke of York ...
... elect one branch of the legislature . The other colonies , though originally proprietary , became royal , one at a time , when the proprietors surrendered their rights to the king ; in one of these the proprietor , the Duke of York ...
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... elected by each separate colony , for the purpose of considering their rights and privileges , and of obtaining a redress for the vio- lation of them on the part of the mother country . In all its votes these repre- sentatives ...
... elected by each separate colony , for the purpose of considering their rights and privileges , and of obtaining a redress for the vio- lation of them on the part of the mother country . In all its votes these repre- sentatives ...
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Page 403 - Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest,...
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