The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... ) , and were distributed among eleven petty " plantations , " mere patches on the wilderness , scattered along a narrow ribbon of territory , THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY 31 nowhere more than six miles 30 EARLY VIRGINIA.
... ) , and were distributed among eleven petty " plantations , " mere patches on the wilderness , scattered along a narrow ribbon of territory , THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY 31 nowhere more than six miles 30 EARLY VIRGINIA.
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... Assembly was summoned , " freely to be elected by the inhabitants , . . . to make and Representa- ordaine whatsoever lawes and orders should by tive govern- them be thought good and profitable . " This political privilege was a new ...
... Assembly was summoned , " freely to be elected by the inhabitants , . . . to make and Representa- ordaine whatsoever lawes and orders should by tive govern- them be thought good and profitable . " This political privilege was a new ...
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... Assembly opened with prayer , and slipped with amaz- ing ease into the forms of an English parliament . It " veri- fied credentials " of the delegates , and it gave all bills " three readings . " Laws which to - day would be stigmatized ...
... Assembly opened with prayer , and slipped with amaz- ing ease into the forms of an English parliament . It " veri- fied credentials " of the delegates , and it gave all bills " three readings . " Laws which to - day would be stigmatized ...
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... Assembly a long document from the Company . The Assembly called it a " Great Charter , " and ex- ter of 1618 " amined it carefully , " because [ it ] is to binde us to the and our heyers forever . " This " charter of 1618 " has been ...
... Assembly a long document from the Company . The Assembly called it a " Great Charter , " and ex- ter of 1618 " amined it carefully , " because [ it ] is to binde us to the and our heyers forever . " This " charter of 1618 " has been ...
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... ASSEMBLY SAVED : 1624-1660 Virginia had become a Royal Province . To the A Royal people this meant three things . Province 1. Land titles from the Company to settlers held good . But all the territory still owned by the Company at its ...
... ASSEMBLY SAVED : 1624-1660 Virginia had become a Royal Province . To the A Royal people this meant three things . Province 1. Land titles from the Company to settlers held good . But all the territory still owned by the Company at its ...
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Page 268 - 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 716 - 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 355 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Page 273 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...