A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties, Measures and Men, and Explanations of the Constitution, Divisions and Practical Workings of the Government, Together with Political Phrases, Familiar Names of Persons and Places, Noteworthy Sayings, Etc., EtcA.L. Burt, 1888 - 565 sider |
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... Congress . He was a signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence . In 1777 he went to France as Minister of the United States ; he was one of the commissioners that negotiated the treaty that closed the Revolution . In 1785 he went to ...
... Congress . He was a signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence . In 1777 he went to France as Minister of the United States ; he was one of the commissioners that negotiated the treaty that closed the Revolution . In 1785 he went to ...
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... Congress except in pro- portion to the census . The only point remaining to - day which is incapable of amendment is that " no State , without its consent , shall be deprived of its equal suf- frage in the Senate . " In the manner ...
... Congress except in pro- portion to the census . The only point remaining to - day which is incapable of amendment is that " no State , without its consent , shall be deprived of its equal suf- frage in the Senate . " In the manner ...
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... Congress in June , 1866 , by a vote of thirty - three to eleven in the Senate and one hundred and thirty - eight to thirty - six in the House . It was ratified by thirty out of the thirty - seven States and was proclaimed in force July ...
... Congress in June , 1866 , by a vote of thirty - three to eleven in the Senate and one hundred and thirty - eight to thirty - six in the House . It was ratified by thirty out of the thirty - seven States and was proclaimed in force July ...
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... Congress by the addition of slave - territory , to offset the creation of free States in the North . In 1827 and 1829 , Clay and Calhoun , as Secretaries of State , tried to obtain Texas by purchase , offering $ 1,000,000 and ...
... Congress by the addition of slave - territory , to offset the creation of free States in the North . In 1827 and 1829 , Clay and Calhoun , as Secretaries of State , tried to obtain Texas by purchase , offering $ 1,000,000 and ...
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... Congress , assembled in Philadelphia , resolved to appoint a committee , consisting of one member from each colony , to prepare a form of confederation to be entered into between the colonies . The committee re- ported , a few changes ...
... Congress , assembled in Philadelphia , resolved to appoint a committee , consisting of one member from each colony , to prepare a form of confederation to be entered into between the colonies . The committee re- ported , a few changes ...
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