History of American Politics (non-partisan): Embracing a History of the Federal Government and of Political Parties in the Colonies and United States from 1607 to the Present |
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... Continental Congress by any binding law . Chapter IV . gives the political history of our country from revolu- tionary times till the beginning of the administration of our first President , and is rendered more valuable by a plate ( iii )
... Continental Congress by any binding law . Chapter IV . gives the political history of our country from revolu- tionary times till the beginning of the administration of our first President , and is rendered more valuable by a plate ( iii )
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... it sent a squadron to reduce to obedience the colony of Vir- ginia , which adhered to the cause of Charles II . , a fugitive in France . It demanded that Massachusetts give up her char- 10 HISTORY OF AMERICAN POLITICS .
... it sent a squadron to reduce to obedience the colony of Vir- ginia , which adhered to the cause of Charles II . , a fugitive in France . It demanded that Massachusetts give up her char- 10 HISTORY OF AMERICAN POLITICS .
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... give up her char- ter and receive a new one in the name of Parliament . This requisition was never enforced . To punish Holland for not forming a close confederacy with England , and to promote British commerce , Parliament framed , in ...
... give up her char- ter and receive a new one in the name of Parliament . This requisition was never enforced . To punish Holland for not forming a close confederacy with England , and to promote British commerce , Parliament framed , in ...
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... gives at length the causes of separation , and sets forth the principles upon which the American Republic was founded . REVOLUTIONARY PARTIES . The terms " whig " and " tory " were the names of the two great political parties in England ...
... gives at length the causes of separation , and sets forth the principles upon which the American Republic was founded . REVOLUTIONARY PARTIES . The terms " whig " and " tory " were the names of the two great political parties in England ...
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... give force to the new constitution , so far as these nine states were concerned . The instrument was now before the people for adoption ; but the difficulties to be surmounted here were equal to those which had appeared in the conven ...
... give force to the new constitution , so far as these nine states were concerned . The instrument was now before the people for adoption ; but the difficulties to be surmounted here were equal to those which had appeared in the conven ...
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Page 30 - In Congress, July 4, 1776 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate...
Page 62 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 56 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress...
Page 96 - 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...
Page 119 - In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded ; and that in place of them just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
Page 120 - EUROPE has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially , foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and Collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 58 - Person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated according to such mode as the united states in congress assembled, shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states within the time agreed upon by the united states in congress assembled.
Page 120 - The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.
Page 313 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 115 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support. Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty. The basis...