Studies in American History: A Survey of American History Source ExtractsMiller, 1898 - United States |
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... nature of a parliament , and that no assistant could be chosen but by the freemen and therefore at every general court • they had free liberty . . . to de- · clare their grievances they were fully satisfied ; and so their submission was ...
... nature of a parliament , and that no assistant could be chosen but by the freemen and therefore at every general court • they had free liberty . . . to de- · clare their grievances they were fully satisfied ; and so their submission was ...
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... natural Parents lay hold on him , and bring him to the Magis- trates assembled in Court , and notifie that their Son • is Stubborn and Rebellious , and will not obey their voice and chastisement , but lives in sundry notorious Crimes ...
... natural Parents lay hold on him , and bring him to the Magis- trates assembled in Court , and notifie that their Son • is Stubborn and Rebellious , and will not obey their voice and chastisement , but lives in sundry notorious Crimes ...
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... nature of the union which were outlined in the various proposals from 1643 to 1776. Less weight has been given to the congresses of 1765 and 1774 than might seem necessary from their prominence . The reason for this is that the union ...
... nature of the union which were outlined in the various proposals from 1643 to 1776. Less weight has been given to the congresses of 1765 and 1774 than might seem necessary from their prominence . The reason for this is that the union ...
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... natural boundaries instead of imaginary lines . If there should be but one form of government established for the ... nature of a great council or general convention of the states of the col- onies [ to fix on quotas of men and money ...
... natural boundaries instead of imaginary lines . If there should be but one form of government established for the ... nature of a great council or general convention of the states of the col- onies [ to fix on quotas of men and money ...
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... nature hath placed in our power . armed in the holy cause of liberty , and in such a country as we possess , are invincible by any force which one enemy can send against us . Patrick Henry , March 28 , 1775 , in Virginia Convention ...
... nature hath placed in our power . armed in the holy cause of liberty , and in such a country as we possess , are invincible by any force which one enemy can send against us . Patrick Henry , March 28 , 1775 , in Virginia Convention ...
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Page 88 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Page 92 - That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary " The motion for postponing was seconded by Mr.
Page 214 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord.
Page 213 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 133 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 213 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs.
Page 133 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?
Page 214 - In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
Page 64 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 168 - I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races...