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... Land to the London and Plymouth Colonies 7. The Southern Colonies 8. The New England Colonies PAGE 12 • • 13 19 24 ... Lands . • 175 · 274 289 336 19. Map illustrating the War of 1812 20. The Erie Canal . 21. The Oregon Territory 22 ...
... Land to the London and Plymouth Colonies 7. The Southern Colonies 8. The New England Colonies PAGE 12 • • 13 19 24 ... Lands . • 175 · 274 289 336 19. Map illustrating the War of 1812 20. The Erie Canal . 21. The Oregon Territory 22 ...
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... land between the Tigris and Euphrates has been well called " The Asian Egypt . " 5. The Hebrews were Teachers of Religion . We get our first glimpse of the Hebrews about eighteen hundred or two thousand years before Christ , when the ...
... land between the Tigris and Euphrates has been well called " The Asian Egypt . " 5. The Hebrews were Teachers of Religion . We get our first glimpse of the Hebrews about eighteen hundred or two thousand years before Christ , when the ...
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... land , and some were confident , in several instances , that they saw it in the distance , only to find that clouds had been mistaken for mountains . Matters were fast becoming critical , and the strain upon the great mariner was severe ...
... land , and some were confident , in several instances , that they saw it in the distance , only to find that clouds had been mistaken for mountains . Matters were fast becoming critical , and the strain upon the great mariner was severe ...
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... Land is four hours later at two o'clock on the morning of discovered , October 12 , 1492 - land was distinctly seen in the moonlight . They were near a new continent , but Columbus was not aware of it . He went ashore on one of the ...
... Land is four hours later at two o'clock on the morning of discovered , October 12 , 1492 - land was distinctly seen in the moonlight . They were near a new continent , but Columbus was not aware of it . He went ashore on one of the ...
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... lands in Portugal , March 4 , 1493 . after many mishaps the Niña was compelled to land in Portugal on the 4th of March . Here the adven- turers were looked upon with hostile and suspicious eyes . Columbus sent a messenger to Spain to an ...
... lands in Portugal , March 4 , 1493 . after many mishaps the Niña was compelled to land in Portugal on the 4th of March . Here the adven- turers were looked upon with hostile and suspicious eyes . Columbus sent a messenger to Spain to an ...
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Page xxxii - ... 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 xxix - Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
Page xxv - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 409 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure We are met on a great battle-field of that war We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live...
Page 475 - 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 xxi - 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 145 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 475 - Fras. Hopkinson, John Hart, Abra. Clark. Pennsylvania. Robt. Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benja. Franklin, John Morton, Geo. Clymer, Jas. Smith, Geo. Taylor, James Wilson, Geo. Ross.
Page xxviii - No Person held to Service or Labor in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labor, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labor may be due.
Page 476 - States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. ARTICLE I. SECTION I. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested In a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.