The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... town meeting twice a year to elect aldermen and to discuss public business . But the home government sternly disapproved all this , directing Frontenac to remember that it was proper that each should speak for himself , and no one for ...
... town meeting twice a year to elect aldermen and to discuss public business . But the home government sternly disapproved all this , directing Frontenac to remember that it was proper that each should speak for himself , and no one for ...
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... towns , and raised crops , -facing disease , famine , and savage warfare . The manag- ing Council at Jamestown were not so much political rulers ADeclaration forthe certaine time of dravving the great standing Lottery . 11251 IL 5001 ...
... towns , and raised crops , -facing disease , famine , and savage warfare . The manag- ing Council at Jamestown were not so much political rulers ADeclaration forthe certaine time of dravving the great standing Lottery . 11251 IL 5001 ...
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... town . However , this clumsy and unfair system could not last among Englishmen . In 1636 the three chief towns sent representatives to sit with the governor and Assistants to revise and codify the laws . The same device was used the ...
... town . However , this clumsy and unfair system could not last among Englishmen . In 1636 the three chief towns sent representatives to sit with the governor and Assistants to revise and codify the laws . The same device was used the ...
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... town , their constables and other necessary officers were at first appointed by the central Assembly . But , soon after the central government became representative , the various settlements became " towns " in a political sense , with town ...
... town , their constables and other necessary officers were at first appointed by the central Assembly . But , soon after the central government became representative , the various settlements became " towns " in a political sense , with town ...
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... towns were started , Boston , Dorchester , Watertown , Roxbury , and minor settlements at Lynn ( Saugus ) and Newtown , afterward Cambridge ( map , p . 99 ) . in 1630 But the immigrants found conditions sadly different from their ...
... towns were started , Boston , Dorchester , Watertown , Roxbury , and minor settlements at Lynn ( Saugus ) and Newtown , afterward Cambridge ( map , p . 99 ) . in 1630 But the immigrants found conditions sadly different from their ...
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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...