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... direct taxes , therefore , are levied by the state and the town . Some states levy a tax upon all male citizens over twenty - one years of age , others upon all voters . This is called a poll tax . The state and the town , however ...
... direct taxes , therefore , are levied by the state and the town . Some states levy a tax upon all male citizens over twenty - one years of age , others upon all voters . This is called a poll tax . The state and the town , however ...
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... direct public act of any colonial assembly or convention in favor of the measure . On the 4th of May , 1776 , the legislature of Rhode Island passed an act abjuring allegiance to the British crown . This act provides that in all ...
... direct public act of any colonial assembly or convention in favor of the measure . On the 4th of May , 1776 , the legislature of Rhode Island passed an act abjuring allegiance to the British crown . This act provides that in all ...
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... direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states , " the declara- tion proceeds to say : " In every stage of these oppres- sions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms . Our repeated petitions ...
... direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states , " the declara- tion proceeds to say : " In every stage of these oppres- sions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms . Our repeated petitions ...
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... constitutional government has been in operation from that time until the present , and to that we are now to direct our attention . CHAPTER XI . ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION . CONVENTION AT 56 THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION .
... constitutional government has been in operation from that time until the present , and to that we are now to direct our attention . CHAPTER XI . ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION . CONVENTION AT 56 THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION .
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... direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union , according to their respective Numbers , which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons , including those bound ...
... direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union , according to their respective Numbers , which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons , including those bound ...
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Page 207 - ... for abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighbouring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries, so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these colonies...
Page 158 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.
Page 210 - Stephen Hopkins William Ellery Connecticut Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott New York William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris New Jersey Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark Pennsylvania Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Page 205 - That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Page 218 - ... appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the united states, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the united states — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The united states in congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of congress, to be denominated
Page 58 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 65 - Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and Disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honour, Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Page 208 - 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 67 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 54 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare ; binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.