The United States: An Experiment in DemocracyHarper, 1920 - 332 páginas |
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... called political liberty ; and , being pre - eminently the founder of colonies , she is sometimes called the " mother of na- tions . " France has never been only France , but always something European - the source and the exemplar of ...
... called political liberty ; and , being pre - eminently the founder of colonies , she is sometimes called the " mother of na- tions . " France has never been only France , but always something European - the source and the exemplar of ...
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... called because they wished to " purify " the English Church from " popish practices " -came to America primarily to establish a society which should be at once State and Church - a " due form of government , as well civil as ...
... called because they wished to " purify " the English Church from " popish practices " -came to America primarily to establish a society which should be at once State and Church - a " due form of government , as well civil as ...
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... called themselves " Whigs " because the term " Tory " had fallen into dis- repute since 1714 , when Lord Bolingbroke and other Tories had opposed the accession of the Hanoverian dynasty and had intrigued to bring back instead the exiled ...
... called themselves " Whigs " because the term " Tory " had fallen into dis- repute since 1714 , when Lord Bolingbroke and other Tories had opposed the accession of the Hanoverian dynasty and had intrigued to bring back instead the exiled ...
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... called " best fami- lies " of the province . These best families , together with the governors , who were mostly appointed from England and frequently from among these very families , made a very dis- tinctive and powerful upper class a ...
... called " best fami- lies " of the province . These best families , together with the governors , who were mostly appointed from England and frequently from among these very families , made a very dis- tinctive and powerful upper class a ...
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... called illegal . But rising young lawyers like John Adams found that if the courts closed their fees were cut off and their position at once became precarious . The closing of the courts , John Adams wrote in his Diary , " will make a ...
... called illegal . But rising young lawyers like John Adams found that if the courts closed their fees were cut off and their position at once became precarious . The closing of the courts , John Adams wrote in his Diary , " will make a ...
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abolished Abolitionists acres Amer Articles of Confederation average American become Britain British British Empire century civil Colonies Congress Constitution Declaration democracy democratic economic elected emancipation Empire England English equality essential established Europe European existed fact federal government Federalists foreign France free government freedom French frontier German high-school ican ideal ideas immigrants independence industrial industrial revolution institutions interests Jefferson John Adams king labor land laws less liberty LIBRARY little American live ment mind Monroe Doctrine nation negro never nomic North Parliament party political population preserve President principle problem public opinion question Republican respect Revolution revolutionary slave slavery social South Southern speak spirit Stamp Act taxes territory thing Thomas Hutchinson tion Tompkins County town Union United UNIVERS UNIVERSIT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Virginia vote wealth West Whig
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Página 133 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are, of necessity, more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Página 210 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 123 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government...
Página 267 - ... and it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Página 210 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 266 - It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general...
Página 210 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be
Página 193 - I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation.
Página 199 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Página 52 - That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.