A Common-school History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeMason Brothers, 1865 - 378 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 39
Página 98
... Senate , was to have power to declare war , levy troops , raise money , regulate trade , conclude peace , and do many other things necessary for the general good . 6. A range of mountains which extend nearly the whole length of the ...
... Senate , was to have power to declare war , levy troops , raise money , regulate trade , conclude peace , and do many other things necessary for the general good . 6. A range of mountains which extend nearly the whole length of the ...
Página 183
... senator . 2. In a personal combat with Tarleton , at the battle of the Cowpens , Washington wounded his antagonist in his hand . Some months afterward , Tarleton said sneeringly to Mrs. Willie Jones , a witty American lady , " That ...
... senator . 2. In a personal combat with Tarleton , at the battle of the Cowpens , Washington wounded his antagonist in his hand . Some months afterward , Tarleton said sneeringly to Mrs. Willie Jones , a witty American lady , " That ...
Página 193
... senators . 2. Verse 2 , page 150 . 3. According to an estimate made by the register of the Treasury in 1790 , the entire cost of the war for independence was at least one hundred and thirty millions of dollars , exclusive of vast sums ...
... senators . 2. Verse 2 , page 150 . 3. According to an estimate made by the register of the Treasury in 1790 , the entire cost of the war for independence was at least one hundred and thirty millions of dollars , exclusive of vast sums ...
Página 195
... senators and representatives to which the several States are entitled . So the people do not vote directly for the chief magistrate . Former- ly , the man who received the highest number of votes was declared to be President , and he ...
... senators and representatives to which the several States are entitled . So the people do not vote directly for the chief magistrate . Former- ly , the man who received the highest number of votes was declared to be President , and he ...
Página 196
... Senate of the United States . They were to con- stitute a cabinet council , always ready for consultation with the President on public affairs , and bound to give him their opinions in writing , when requir- ed . A national judiciary ...
... Senate of the United States . They were to con- stitute a cabinet council , always ready for consultation with the President on public affairs , and bound to give him their opinions in writing , when requir- ed . A national judiciary ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
A Common-school History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to ... Benson John Lossing Visualização integral - 1866 |
A Common-School History of the United States ... Illustrated, etc Benson John Lossing Visualização integral - 1870 |
A Common-School History of the United States ... Illustrated, etc Benson John Lossing Visualização integral - 1870 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
2d Clause 66 Battle afterward Americans appointed April army assembly attack August became Boston British called Canada captured Charleston charter chief coast Colonel colonists colony command commenced Confederates Congress Connecticut Constitution Continental Continental Congress Cornwallis Creek December declared Delaware elected England English expedition fled fleet Florida Fort Erie Fort Niagara France French Georgia Give an account Government governor House Hudson hundred independent Indians invasion James January Jersey John July June king King William's War Lake Champlain land March Maryland Massachusetts ment Mexico miles Mississippi movements Narraganset National navy Niagara North November peace Pennsylvania Philadelphia Potomac President prisoners province Quebec QUESTIONS.-1 reënforcements Republic Revolution Rhode Island river royal sailed Savannah Secretary Senate sent September settlement settlers siege slaves South Carolina Stamp Act surrender tell territory thousand tion took treaty troops Union United Verse vessels Vice-President victory Virginia Washington William York
Passagens conhecidas
Página 36 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Página 55 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Página 325 - The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Página 36 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc. Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith...
Página 36 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony : Unto which we promise all due submission and obedience...
Página 42 - We, whose names are underwritten do here solemnly in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick, and as he shall help, will submit our persons, lives and estates, unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of his given us in his holy word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby.
Página 306 - The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief-Justice shall preside : And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present.
Página 348 - He has called together legislative bodies, at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the repository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
Página 324 - Delaware, December 7, 1787; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787; New Jersey, December 18, 1787; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788; South Carolina, May 23, 1788; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788; Virginia, June 26, 1788; and New York, July 26, 1788.
Página 352 - He has excited domestic insurrection among us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions.