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... Declaration of Independence . The Constitution of the United States Amendments . · Words and Terms Used in Text Index · • · Map of the United States • face page 138 AMERICA - THE LAND OF THE IMMIGRANT Farmland . America CONTENTS.
... Declaration of Independence . The Constitution of the United States Amendments . · Words and Terms Used in Text Index · • · Map of the United States • face page 138 AMERICA - THE LAND OF THE IMMIGRANT Farmland . America CONTENTS.
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... independence : Freedom from control by others liberty : Freedom limited : Kept within bounds . objected : Protested ; opposed ; was against Parliament : British lawmaking body possessions : Land or other things that a nation or person ...
... independence : Freedom from control by others liberty : Freedom limited : Kept within bounds . objected : Protested ; opposed ; was against Parliament : British lawmaking body possessions : Land or other things that a nation or person ...
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... Independence Even though the colonists were at war with Great Britain , many of them hoped to remain British subjects . They believed that King George would change his mind about the new laws when he saw how determined they were to ...
... Independence Even though the colonists were at war with Great Britain , many of them hoped to remain British subjects . They believed that King George would change his mind about the new laws when he saw how determined they were to ...
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... Independence . Thomas Jefferson , a leading member of the com- mittee , did most of the writing . On July 4 , 1776 , the Declaration of Independence was accepted by the Second Continental Congress , although it was not signed by all ...
... Independence . Thomas Jefferson , a leading member of the com- mittee , did most of the writing . On July 4 , 1776 , the Declaration of Independence was accepted by the Second Continental Congress , although it was not signed by all ...
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... independence already in existence in the colonies . The Declaration of In- dependence announced to the world the separa- tion and independence of the colonies from Great Britain . The 13 colonies became the first 13 states . The United ...
... independence already in existence in the colonies . The Declaration of In- dependence announced to the world the separa- tion and independence of the colonies from Great Britain . The 13 colonies became the first 13 states . The United ...
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Halaman 117 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and...
Halaman 124 - Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers 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.
Halaman 125 - Section 2. The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress.
Halaman 120 - 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 executive...
Halaman 117 - Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him,, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill. SECTION.
Halaman 115 - 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. SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
Halaman 124 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Halaman 125 - January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. SECTION 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. SECTION 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President.
Halaman 126 - SECTION 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or If the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President...
Halaman 115 - No person shall' be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.