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... terms to France . The French were in no condition to abase their pride . France yielded to necessity , and on the third of No- vember the preliminaries of the peace were signed . The treaty was finally ratified on the tenth of February ...
... terms to France . The French were in no condition to abase their pride . France yielded to necessity , and on the third of No- vember the preliminaries of the peace were signed . The treaty was finally ratified on the tenth of February ...
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... terms of the highest admiration . It was the confident belief of the majority of the members of this congress , that the measures which they had adopted , if supported by the American people , as indeed they were , would produce a ...
... terms of the highest admiration . It was the confident belief of the majority of the members of this congress , that the measures which they had adopted , if supported by the American people , as indeed they were , would produce a ...
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... terms . Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury . A prince , whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant , is un- fit to be the ruler of a free people . " They concluded this wonderful ...
... terms . Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury . A prince , whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant , is un- fit to be the ruler of a free people . " They concluded this wonderful ...
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... Term of Years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three fifths of all other Persons . The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States , and within every subsequent Term ...
... Term of Years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three fifths of all other Persons . The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States , and within every subsequent Term ...
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... Term than two Years ; [ 13 ] To provide and maintain a Navy ; [ 14 ] To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces ; [ 15 ] To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union ...
... Term than two Years ; [ 13 ] To provide and maintain a Navy ; [ 14 ] To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces ; [ 15 ] To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union ...
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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.