History of the American PeopleAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 811 pages |
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... appointed by that higher Council . These local Councils were to govern the settlers according to laws to be drawn up by the King . The Instructions drawn up by James before the first expedition sailed ( Source Book , No. 17 ) , provided ...
... appointed by that higher Council . These local Councils were to govern the settlers according to laws to be drawn up by the King . The Instructions drawn up by James before the first expedition sailed ( Source Book , No. 17 ) , provided ...
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... appointed officers , furnished trans- portation and supplies and capital . The colonists were em- ployees and servants . They did the work , -cleared forests , built rude forts and towns , and raised crops , -facing disease , 45 ° 41 ...
... appointed officers , furnished trans- portation and supplies and capital . The colonists were em- ployees and servants . They did the work , -cleared forests , built rude forts and towns , and raised crops , -facing disease , 45 ° 41 ...
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... appointed all officers for the colony . But the inefficient plural head in the colony , with its divisions and jealousies , was replaced by one " principal governor " with a Council to assist him . 33. Virginia had left anarchy behind ...
... appointed all officers for the colony . But the inefficient plural head in the colony , with its divisions and jealousies , was replaced by one " principal governor " with a Council to assist him . 33. Virginia had left anarchy behind ...
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... appointed from England . We have no account of the elections . No doubt they were extremely informal . Of the thousand people in the colony , seven hundred must have been " servants " without a vote ; and , of the three hundred free ...
... appointed from England . We have no account of the elections . No doubt they were extremely informal . Of the thousand people in the colony , seven hundred must have been " servants " without a vote ; and , of the three hundred free ...
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... appointed by the king ] may not have absolute authority , . . . [ and ] above all . . . that we may retayne the Libertie of our General Assemblie , than which nothing can more conduce to our satisfaction or the public utilitie . " At ...
... appointed by the king ] may not have absolute authority , . . . [ and ] above all . . . that we may retayne the Libertie of our General Assemblie , than which nothing can more conduce to our satisfaction or the public utilitie . " At ...
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Page 758 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 754 - 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. Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion ; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the...
Page 709 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
Page 279 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Page 760 - After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Page 754 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Page 760 - Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 3. This article shall be Inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Page 750 - Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have* equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.]1 The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes ; which Day shall...
Page 753 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
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