First Lessons in Civil Government: Including a Comprehensive View of the Government of the State of New-York, and an Abstract of the Laws, Showing the Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities of Citizens in the Civil and Domestic Relations : with an Outline of the Government of the United States, Adapted to the Capacities of Children and Youth, and Designed for the Use of Schools |
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... assembly to make the laws and to 1. Are all forms of government alike ? Wherein consists the difference ! $ 2 . Who makes the laws in a monarchy ? What is a monarchy ? When is it called a despotism , or tyranny ? 3. What is a democracy ...
... assembly to make the laws and to 1. Are all forms of government alike ? Wherein consists the difference ! $ 2 . Who makes the laws in a monarchy ? What is a monarchy ? When is it called a despotism , or tyranny ? 3. What is a democracy ...
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... assembly and do business . § 4. It will be seen that the two kinds of government here described , are directly ... assemblies , the house of lords and the house of commons . The lords are men of high rank , who get their office by birth ...
... assembly and do business . § 4. It will be seen that the two kinds of government here described , are directly ... assemblies , the house of lords and the house of commons . The lords are men of high rank , who get their office by birth ...
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... assembly of representatives chosen by the people . These three branches corresponded to the king , the nobles , and the commons , in the government of Great Britain . Power was therefore divided in those governments in nearly the same ...
... assembly of representatives chosen by the people . These three branches corresponded to the king , the nobles , and the commons , in the government of Great Britain . Power was therefore divided in those governments in nearly the same ...
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... assemblies , or houses , the members of which are chosen by the people to make the laws of the state . § 5. The executive department consists of a governor , assisted by a great number of other officers , some of whom are elected by the ...
... assemblies , or houses , the members of which are chosen by the people to make the laws of the state . § 5. The executive department consists of a governor , assisted by a great number of other officers , some of whom are elected by the ...
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... assemblies to establish such governments as should “ best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular , and America in general . " § 11. But the assembly , that is , the congress of the colo- ny of New York ...
... assemblies to establish such governments as should “ best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular , and America in general . " § 11. But the assembly , that is , the congress of the colo- ny of New York ...
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