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... colonists , under pretence of . escaping from famine , obtained permission from Laudonniere to equip two vessels and sail for Mexico . But instead of doing so , they began to capture Spanish vessels . They were taken and punished , as ...
... colonists , under pretence of . escaping from famine , obtained permission from Laudonniere to equip two vessels and sail for Mexico . But instead of doing so , they began to capture Spanish vessels . They were taken and punished , as ...
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... colonists . Their weapons were bows and arrows , and wooden swords . They were divided into numerous small tribes , independent of each other . The largest of these tribes could scarcely muster a thousand warriors . Their terror at the ...
... colonists . Their weapons were bows and arrows , and wooden swords . They were divided into numerous small tribes , independent of each other . The largest of these tribes could scarcely muster a thousand warriors . Their terror at the ...
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... colonists failed , and the whole company returned to England after a short voyage of four months . In 1603 , and 1606 , Martin Pring made two voyages to the American coast , which he explored from Martha's Vineyard to the north ...
... colonists failed , and the whole company returned to England after a short voyage of four months . In 1603 , and 1606 , Martin Pring made two voyages to the American coast , which he explored from Martha's Vineyard to the north ...
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... colonists . On the 10th of April , 1606 , the charter was issued under the great seal of England , to the petitioners , Sir Thomas Gates and his associates , granting to them those territories in America , lying on the sea coast between ...
... colonists . On the 10th of April , 1606 , the charter was issued under the great seal of England , to the petitioners , Sir Thomas Gates and his associates , granting to them those territories in America , lying on the sea coast between ...
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... colonists began to be apparent . Their pro- visions were spoiled , and the climate was soon found to be as ... colonists endure after the ships left them ? Who died ? Who was afterwards intrusted with the management of affairs ? 40 ...
... colonists began to be apparent . Their pro- visions were spoiled , and the climate was soon found to be as ... colonists endure after the ships left them ? Who died ? Who was afterwards intrusted with the management of affairs ? 40 ...
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Page 412 - 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 411 - ... 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 406 - He has refused for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise ; the state remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 411 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Page 413 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 214 - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
Page 409 - 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 328 - Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words.
Page 409 - ... 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. 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.
Page 77 - And is it possible, that neither of these causes, that not all combined, were able to blast this bud of hope? Is it possible, that from a beginning so feeble, so frail, so worthy not so much of admiration as of pity, there has gone forth a progress so steady, a growth so wonderful, an expansion so ample, a reality so important, a promise, yet to be fulfilled, so glorious?