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... Congress to meet ( 1690 ) in the city of New York . To this Congress , the first in America , Massachusetts , Ply- mouth , and Connecticut sent delegates to confer with those of New York . It was resolved to raise an army to invade ...
... Congress to meet ( 1690 ) in the city of New York . To this Congress , the first in America , Massachusetts , Ply- mouth , and Connecticut sent delegates to confer with those of New York . It was resolved to raise an army to invade ...
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... Congress ( 1754 ) ; Franklin's plan of confederation . - The colonists now felt the need of united action . A congress was called at Albany ( 1754 ) , to which New York , Pennsylvania , Maryland , and the four New England colonies sent ...
... Congress ( 1754 ) ; Franklin's plan of confederation . - The colonists now felt the need of united action . A congress was called at Albany ( 1754 ) , to which New York , Pennsylvania , Maryland , and the four New England colonies sent ...
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... Congress . In October ( 1765 ) delegates from nine colonies met in New York . 430 The congress drew up a " Declaration of Rights . " That declaration showed how fast public opinion was moving . It did not demand ( as Otis had ) ...
... Congress . In October ( 1765 ) delegates from nine colonies met in New York . 430 The congress drew up a " Declaration of Rights . " That declaration showed how fast public opinion was moving . It did not demand ( as Otis had ) ...
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... Congress met in the Carpen- ters ' Hall at Philadelphia in the autumn of 1774. " It was com- posed of fifty - five delegates , representing all the colonies except Georgia , where the Tory Governor contrived to block the way.449 The ...
... Congress met in the Carpen- ters ' Hall at Philadelphia in the autumn of 1774. " It was com- posed of fifty - five delegates , representing all the colonies except Georgia , where the Tory Governor contrived to block the way.449 The ...
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... Congress ( 1765 ) : No direct taxation except by the colonial assemblies ( § 189 ) ; ( 3 ) Declar- ation of the First Continental Congress ( 1774 ) : No legislation whatever ( save in regard to trade and commerce for mutual advantage ) ...
... Congress ( 1765 ) : No direct taxation except by the colonial assemblies ( § 189 ) ; ( 3 ) Declar- ation of the First Continental Congress ( 1774 ) : No legislation whatever ( save in regard to trade and commerce for mutual advantage ) ...
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Page x - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Page vi - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal ; coin Money ; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Page 426 - 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.
Page v - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page ix - Vice-President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Page vii - No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships-of-war, in 'time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Page x - No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Page 405 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Page 402 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 157 - 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"!