Our Constitution and Government: Lessons on the Constitution and Government of the United States for Use in the Public Schools by Candidates for CitizenshipU.S. Government Printing Office, 1941 - 400 pages |
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... Colonies met as a " Continental Con- gress " at Philadelphia in 1774 to discuss the troubles which they were having with England . They hoped to get fairer treatment by sending a petition to the King , but many of them were willing to ...
... Colonies met as a " Continental Con- gress " at Philadelphia in 1774 to discuss the troubles which they were having with England . They hoped to get fairer treatment by sending a petition to the King , but many of them were willing to ...
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... Colonies , to be the commander of the Colonial Army . He had been a fighter since his boyhood and a very useful citizen in many other ways . He soon proved that , even if he did not have enough soldiers to beat the famous British " red ...
... Colonies , to be the commander of the Colonial Army . He had been a fighter since his boyhood and a very useful citizen in many other ways . He soon proved that , even if he did not have enough soldiers to beat the famous British " red ...
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... Colonies . It was almost a month later before the Declaration was signed by 56 men . These signers and their families were regarded as traitors by the British Government . It is no wonder that Benjamin Franklin said , as the document ...
... Colonies . It was almost a month later before the Declaration was signed by 56 men . These signers and their families were regarded as traitors by the British Government . It is no wonder that Benjamin Franklin said , as the document ...
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... Colonies were recog- nized by the great nations of Europe as independent States and an independent Nation , which ... Colonies fought a long war and won from Great Britain their 4. The document declaring the 13 Colonies to be free and ...
... Colonies were recog- nized by the great nations of Europe as independent States and an independent Nation , which ... Colonies fought a long war and won from Great Britain their 4. The document declaring the 13 Colonies to be free and ...
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... among these are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . ' -Declaration of Independence . Figure 12 The Old Liberty Bell 6. The 13 Colonies which won their independence from Great Our Constitution and Government 59.
... among these are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . ' -Declaration of Independence . Figure 12 The Old Liberty Bell 6. The 13 Colonies which won their independence from Great Our Constitution and Government 59.
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Page 360 - 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.
Page 362 - 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.
Page 353 - 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...
Page 353 - No person held to service or labour 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 labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. SECTION 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Page 363 - 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.
Page 74 - Let our conceptions be enlarged to the circle of our duties. Let us extend our ideas over the whole of the vast field in which we are called to act. Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
Page 344 - The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Page 339 - 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 15 - THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC: THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME...
Page 350 - ... States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President...