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... began to experience difficulties which they had not foreseen . The provisions they brought with them were at length exhausted ; and having planted nothing , they were in great want of food . Besides this , the climate being hot and damp ...
... began to experience difficulties which they had not foreseen . The provisions they brought with them were at length exhausted ; and having planted nothing , they were in great want of food . Besides this , the climate being hot and damp ...
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... began to hate the white people ; and Smith himself nearly fell a victim to the feelings of revenge which he had excited . 9. He went one day to explore the little River Chick- ahominy . Having ascended as far as he could in a boat , he ...
... began to hate the white people ; and Smith himself nearly fell a victim to the feelings of revenge which he had excited . 9. He went one day to explore the little River Chick- ahominy . Having ascended as far as he could in a boat , he ...
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... began to enjoy more favorable prospects . Lord Delaware , who was governor , restored order and contentment by his mild and gentle conduct , and the Indians were once more taught to respect and fear the English . In 1611 , new settlers ...
... began to enjoy more favorable prospects . Lord Delaware , who was governor , restored order and contentment by his mild and gentle conduct , and the Indians were once more taught to respect and fear the English . In 1611 , new settlers ...
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... began , and three hundred and forty - seven men , women , and children were killed in a few hours . More would have been destroyed , had not the plot been revealed by a friendly Indian , in time to put several of the towns on their ...
... began , and three hundred and forty - seven men , women , and children were killed in a few hours . More would have been destroyed , had not the plot been revealed by a friendly Indian , in time to put several of the towns on their ...
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... began to make preparations to depose the governor , whose name was Nicholson . Alarmed at this , he fled by night , and the chief magistracy was as- sumed by a militia captain , whose name was Leisler . He was a weak man , and managed ...
... began to make preparations to depose the governor , whose name was Nicholson . Alarmed at this , he fled by night , and the chief magistracy was as- sumed by a militia captain , whose name was Leisler . He was a weak man , and managed ...
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Page 91 - 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 109 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 112 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 89 - He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the repository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
Page 116 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 107 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
Page 124 - ... 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 of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Page 123 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 108 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof: but the congress may at any time by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 108 - ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may provide.