A History of the American RevolutionIsaac N. Whiting, 1834 - 278 Seiten |
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... duty on stamps in America was brought into the How were the colonies affected with the news of the " stamp act " ? What rights did they declare themselves entitled to ? What did they do to obtain redress ? House of Commons by Mr ...
... duty on stamps in America was brought into the How were the colonies affected with the news of the " stamp act " ? What rights did they declare themselves entitled to ? What did they do to obtain redress ? House of Commons by Mr ...
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... duty , raised against the obnoxious statute a cry , which re- sounded from Massachusetts to Georgia . The oppressive measures of ministers were canvassed in town - meetings and in every place of public resort ; and the limits of the ...
... duty , raised against the obnoxious statute a cry , which re- sounded from Massachusetts to Georgia . The oppressive measures of ministers were canvassed in town - meetings and in every place of public resort ; and the limits of the ...
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... duty , as agent of the House of What did the judge say ? What advantage did ministers take of the disturbed state of the public mind ? Representatives of Massachusetts , to send them to his con- AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 35.
... duty , as agent of the House of What did the judge say ? What advantage did ministers take of the disturbed state of the public mind ? Representatives of Massachusetts , to send them to his con- AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 35.
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... duty was so generally persevered in , that seven teen millions of pounds of that commodity were accumu- lated in the warehouses of the East India Company . With a view of getting rid of this stock , and at the same time of aiding ...
... duty was so generally persevered in , that seven teen millions of pounds of that commodity were accumu- lated in the warehouses of the East India Company . With a view of getting rid of this stock , and at the same time of aiding ...
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... duty should be paid , and that it should be sent back in the same vessel . ' A watch was also organized to prevent it from being secretly brought on shore . A short time was then allowed for the cap- tain to prepare to return home with ...
... duty should be paid , and that it should be sent back in the same vessel . ' A watch was also organized to prevent it from being secretly brought on shore . A short time was then allowed for the cap- tain to prepare to return home with ...
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Seite 271 - ... 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.
Seite 278 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Seite 262 - 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.
Seite 266 - ... 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 herein before directed to be taken.
Seite 260 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
Seite 63 - All Protestantism, even the most cold and passive, is a sort of dissent. But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance ; it is the dissidence of dissent, and the Protestantism of the Protestant religion.
Seite 62 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent, to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Seite 272 - Treason against the United 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.
Seite 265 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.
Seite 270 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the 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.