The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... followed later by Burgoyne . Everywhere else the wilderness between Canada and the English settlements was impassable except by prowling bands ; and this one route was guarded by the Iroquois . ( 4 ) They changed the whole course of ...
... followed later by Burgoyne . Everywhere else the wilderness between Canada and the English settlements was impassable except by prowling bands ; and this one route was guarded by the Iroquois . ( 4 ) They changed the whole course of ...
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... followed a trusted minister or an honored neighbor of the gentry class . In the main they came , not to build an ideal state , like their leaders , but merely to get away from the pressure of poverty . They had felt keenly the force of ...
... followed a trusted minister or an honored neighbor of the gentry class . In the main they came , not to build an ideal state , like their leaders , but merely to get away from the pressure of poverty . They had felt keenly the force of ...
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... followed closely by Winthrop . In 1639 , after the people in Massachusetts had secured a little power , the magistrates tricked them out of most of it for a while by a law decreasing the number of deputies , so that they should not ...
... followed closely by Winthrop . In 1639 , after the people in Massachusetts had secured a little power , the magistrates tricked them out of most of it for a while by a law decreasing the number of deputies , so that they should not ...
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... followed the Jewish law . But in this supremely important matter of legal machinery , they turned promptly not to the Old Testament but to the English Common Law . At the General Court in May , 1635 , the deputies de- manded a written ...
... followed the Jewish law . But in this supremely important matter of legal machinery , they turned promptly not to the Old Testament but to the English Common Law . At the General Court in May , 1635 , the deputies de- manded a written ...
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... followed this example the next spring ; and soon each town , old or new , fell into line . Each town , too , chose a town clerk to keep records of the " by - laws " passed at the meetings , and elected a com- mittee ( " the seven men ...
... followed this example the next spring ; and soon each town , old or new , fell into line . Each town , too , chose a town clerk to keep records of the " by - laws " passed at the meetings , and elected a com- mittee ( " the seven men ...
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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...