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... England and New Netherland Pennsylvania , New Jersey , and Delaware The Carolinas and Georgia French settlements in the West and South Front of volume . PAGE • End of volume . 49 59 70 91 114 122 129 152 156 163 165 168 • 194 206 209 ...
... England and New Netherland Pennsylvania , New Jersey , and Delaware The Carolinas and Georgia French settlements in the West and South Front of volume . PAGE • End of volume . 49 59 70 91 114 122 129 152 156 163 165 168 • 194 206 209 ...
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... England , proposed a voyage to the new - discovered country . He was aided and encouraged in this by Henry VII . , King of England , and set sail westward in May , 1497. He first saw land on June 24 of that year . Where this land was we ...
... England , proposed a voyage to the new - discovered country . He was aided and encouraged in this by Henry VII . , King of England , and set sail westward in May , 1497. He first saw land on June 24 of that year . Where this land was we ...
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... England , giving it the name of New Albion . He returned home by way of the Cape of Good Hope , and was thus the second to circum- navigate the globe . The Northwest Passage . This kind of enterprise was not very creditable to England ...
... England , giving it the name of New Albion . He returned home by way of the Cape of Good Hope , and was thus the second to circum- navigate the globe . The Northwest Passage . This kind of enterprise was not very creditable to England ...
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... England succeeded in planting a successful colony in America . In 1602 , Bartholomew Gosnold crossed the ocean to the New England coast , pursuing the direct course , instead of following the southern track of Colum- bus , as had been ...
... England succeeded in planting a successful colony in America . In 1602 , Bartholomew Gosnold crossed the ocean to the New England coast , pursuing the direct course , instead of following the southern track of Colum- bus , as had been ...
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... England , he loaded his vessel with these and returned . The London and Plymouth Companies . - The next step in the history of American colonization was taken by James I. , who became King of England in 1603. In 1606 he gave a charter ...
... England , he loaded his vessel with these and returned . The London and Plymouth Companies . - The next step in the history of American colonization was taken by James I. , who became King of England in 1603. In 1606 he gave a charter ...
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Page 556 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 552 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 559 - Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
Page 550 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 556 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 555 - United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law ; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 555 - President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them. 8. Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation : " I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will,...
Page 554 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President...
Page 545 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 552 - Nations ; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water ; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years ; 18 To provide and maintain a Navy...