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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... name of commonwealth is sometimes applied to a republican government ; as a thing is said to be common when it is enjoyed by persons generally , or by all . Hence also the word community , which signifies the people living under the ...
... name of commonwealth is sometimes applied to a republican government ; as a thing is said to be common when it is enjoyed by persons generally , or by all . Hence also the word community , which signifies the people living under the ...
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... names of the men who signed it . After a hard struggle of about seven years , the war was ended , and Great Britain acknowledged the independence of the states . This change in our relations with that country , and the establishment of ...
... names of the men who signed it . After a hard struggle of about seven years , the war was ended , and Great Britain acknowledged the independence of the states . This change in our relations with that country , and the establishment of ...
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... name of New Amsterdam was changed to that of New York , and fort Orange to that of Albany , in honor of the duke . ยง8 ... names were New York and Albany first called ? 8. How were the governor and council appointed ? Why was it called a ...
... name of New Amsterdam was changed to that of New York , and fort Orange to that of Albany , in honor of the duke . ยง8 ... names were New York and Albany first called ? 8. How were the governor and council appointed ? Why was it called a ...
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... names of the persons he wishes to have elected . The bal . lots , one at a time , are received from the voters by person . appointed for that purpose , and put into a box , called ballot- box . When all have voted , the ballots are ...
... names of the persons he wishes to have elected . The bal . lots , one at a time , are received from the voters by person . appointed for that purpose , and put into a box , called ballot- box . When all have voted , the ballots are ...
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... name . Or if the governor should not return a bill within ten days after it is presented to him , it would be firmative and negative ? A tie ? How is it decided ? 9. After a bill has passed one house , what ? When agreed to or amended ...
... name . Or if the governor should not return a bill within ten days after it is presented to him , it would be firmative and negative ? A tie ? How is it decided ? 9. After a bill has passed one house , what ? When agreed to or amended ...
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