The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn, Publishers, 1891 - 359 pages |
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Page 65
... entered what is now New York Bay , and was the first Englishman who sailed up that noble river which to - day bears his name . He reached a point about 150 miles from the mouth of the river , at or near where Albany now stands . It was ...
... entered what is now New York Bay , and was the first Englishman who sailed up that noble river which to - day bears his name . He reached a point about 150 miles from the mouth of the river , at or near where Albany now stands . It was ...
Page 66
... entered that territory which Champlain claimed as part of New France . A number of years later ( 1622 ) the Dutch made that wedge more dangerous still by building a fort on the Upper Hudson . This stronghold they called Fort Orange , in ...
... entered that territory which Champlain claimed as part of New France . A number of years later ( 1622 ) the Dutch made that wedge more dangerous still by building a fort on the Upper Hudson . This stronghold they called Fort Orange , in ...
Page 105
... one of the most famous boundaries in the country , for it eventually marked the division between the free and the slave states , formed from the original thirteen which entered the Union . - 108. Summary . The colony of Maryland was ...
... one of the most famous boundaries in the country , for it eventually marked the division between the free and the slave states , formed from the original thirteen which entered the Union . - 108. Summary . The colony of Maryland was ...
Page 118
... entered it . 6 Some authorities fix the date at 1683 , and consider the treaty to have covered the purchase of lands . 7 The treaty was made at Kensington , in the northeastern part of the city . The Treaty Elm was blown down in 1810 ...
... entered it . 6 Some authorities fix the date at 1683 , and consider the treaty to have covered the purchase of lands . 7 The treaty was made at Kensington , in the northeastern part of the city . The Treaty Elm was blown down in 1810 ...
Page 125
... entering the long shadow cast by miles of unbroken forest . Thus they drifted on , past the muddy torrent of the Missouri , past the mouth of the beautiful Ohio . In about three weeks the explorers came to the spot where De Soto had ...
... entering the long shadow cast by miles of unbroken forest . Thus they drifted on , past the muddy torrent of the Missouri , past the mouth of the beautiful Ohio . In about three weeks the explorers came to the spot where De Soto had ...
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Page 286 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page ix - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page xiv - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Page x - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal ; coin Money ; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Page xiv - Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE VI. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
Page 31 - This principle was that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects or by whose authority it was made against all other European governments, which title might be consummated by possession.
Page xiii - Vice-President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Page xi - No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships-of-war, in 'time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 281 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page xv - Lord one thousand seven hundred and eightyseven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.