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... Increased Taxation . PAGE 491 483 343. Southern Finances , 1861-65 492 344. The Blockade . 336. Uprising of the People , April , 1861 493 484 345. Characteristics of the Con- • 495 • 337. The " Border States , " 1861 486 flict 338 ...
... Increased Taxation . PAGE 491 483 343. Southern Finances , 1861-65 492 344. The Blockade . 336. Uprising of the People , April , 1861 493 484 345. Characteristics of the Con- • 495 • 337. The " Border States , " 1861 486 flict 338 ...
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... increases out of all proportion to the total amount . A diminution of five inches in any one year would make little difference in a region of thirty inches of average rainfall , but it would be fatal to the year's crops in a region of ...
... increases out of all proportion to the total amount . A diminution of five inches in any one year would make little difference in a region of thirty inches of average rainfall , but it would be fatal to the year's crops in a region of ...
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... increases as one proceeds to the east and southeast . Extensive failures of crops are rare , although they sometimes occur from a lack of rain during the grow- ing season ; failures from an excess of moisture are even District of scanty ...
... increases as one proceeds to the east and southeast . Extensive failures of crops are rare , although they sometimes occur from a lack of rain during the grow- ing season ; failures from an excess of moisture are even District of scanty ...
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... increasing pros- Indentured perity came a better class of colonists : many men of sub- servants . stance and ability ... increased very slowly , and it was not until the middle of the century that there were many slaves in the colony ...
... increasing pros- Indentured perity came a better class of colonists : many men of sub- servants . stance and ability ... increased very slowly , and it was not until the middle of the century that there were many slaves in the colony ...
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... increased the hatred with which the Virginians regarded their ruler . Some of the bolder among them arrested him , sent him to England to answer their complaints , and a few of them even 1629 ] Virginia during Puritan Supremacy 59 went ...
... increased the hatred with which the Virginians regarded their ruler . Some of the bolder among them arrested him , sent him to England to answer their complaints , and a few of them even 1629 ] Virginia during Puritan Supremacy 59 went ...
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Page 352 - In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defense.
Page 476 - 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 171 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 586 - ... full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
Page 589 - Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
Page 585 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
Page 588 - No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
Page 212 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.