except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia wher in actual service, in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject, for the same offence, to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. ART. VI.—In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favour; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence. ART. VII. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any cour of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. ART. VIII.-Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. ART. IX.-The enumeration in the constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. ART. X.-The powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. ART. XI.-The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States, by citizens of another state, or by citi zens or subjects of any foreign state. ART. XII-1. 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-president; and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as president, and of all persons voted for as vice-president, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of government of the United States, directed to the president of the senate; the president of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and house of represent. atives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted: the person having the greatest number of votes for president shall be the president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as president, the house of representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the president. But in choosing the president, the vote shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote: a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vicepresident shall act as president, as in the case of the death, or other constitutional debility, of the president. 2. The person having the greatest number of votes as vice-president shall be the vice-president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of 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 shali be necessary to a choice 3 But no person consututionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice president of the United States. ART. XIII.-If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall, without the consent of congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them. The following Table gives a View of the absolute and relative Popula tion of the States and Territories in 1830; of the Number of the different Classes of the Population; of the Rate of Increase from 1820 to 1830; and of the Area and Number of Representatives of each State in the Federal Congress. Including 5,602 not regularly returned. It appears that the actual number of slaves in Pennsylvania was only 67, the number h given including indented apprentices. Including 210 not regularly returned ** Population in 1835 Every child born after 1804 is free. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. (The figures on the right hand refer to the page of the history on which an account of each event referred to may be found.) 1497 The Cabots discover the Continent of North America 1499 Vespucci's voyage with Ojeda 1501 Voyage of Cortereal Page 12 14 14 14 1512 Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida 1523 Verrazani explores the American coast 1525 Narvaez attempts the conquest of Florida 1534 Jaques Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence 1539 Ferdinand de Soto commences the conquest of Florida 1541 Soto discovers the Mississippi river 1562 Ribault leaves a French colony on the coast of Florida St. Augustine, the oldest town in the United States, founded 1568 The Spanish colony on the river May destroyed by De Gourgues 1576 Frobisher's expedition. 1579 First voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1581 Raleigh's first expedition sent to Carolina commanded by Amidas and Barlow 1603 Gosnold's voyage to New England 1605 First permanent French settlement in North America made at Port Royal 1606 First charter of Virginia issued 1607 Jamestown in Virginia founded; the earliest permanent English settlement in North America 1608 Quebec settled by Champlain 1609 Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson river. Second charter of Virginia granted 1610 The starving time in Virginia 611 Sir Thomas Dale arrives in Virginia 1613 New York settled by the Dutch 1619 First General Assembly in Virginia 1620 Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. 1621 Charter granted to the Dutch West India Company for settling the territory between the Connecticut and the Delaware 1622 Patent granted to Gorges and Mason by the Plymouth Com pany 1623 Portsmouth and Dover settled by Gorges and Mason. Albany settled by the Dutch. 1624 Dissolution of the London Company 1627 The Swedes settle on the Delaware, and call their colony New Sweden 630 Heath's patent for Carolina granted 1631 Clayborne forms a settlement on Kent Island Windsor in Connecticut settled. 1633 Maryland settled by Lord Baltimore The Dutch settle at Hartford 1634 Banishment of Roger Williams Representative form of government first adopted in New Eng- 1635 Saybrook settled by John Winthrop . : 30* 353 1651 Virginia capitulates to the parliament 41 81 81 41 69 103 Risingh takes Fort Casimir from the Dutch 1655 Stuyvesant, the Dutch governor of New York, conquers New Sweden 1660 Charles II proclaimed in Virginia Arrival of the regicides Whalley and Goffe in Boston 1663 Lord Clarendon obtains a charter for Carolina. Charles II grants to the Duke of York a patent for the country The Duke of York grants New Jersey to Berkeley and Car teret 1670 Port Royal in South Carolina settled by Governor Sayle. 1671 Charleston settled 1673 New York re-conquered by the Dutch 1674 New York restored to the English at the treaty of Westminster 1675 Commencement of King Philip's war 1676 Bacon's rebellion in Virginia Death of King Philip Maine purchased by Massachusetts 1681 First representative assembly in New Jersey Penn receives a charter for Pennsylvania 1682 Philadelphia founded 1684 Colonel Dongan and Lord Effingham's treaty with the Five Nations 71 81 81 99 81 73 73 73 84 74 claimed at Boston 74 Jacob Leisler usurps the government of New York. 1685 Charles II dies, and is succeeded by James II 1686 Sir Edmund Andros appointed president of New England dros Revolution in England, which gives the sovereignty to Wil- 1689 Andros deposed and imprisoned, and William and Mary pro 1697 Peace of Ryswick 1701 Penn grants a new charter to Pennsylvania Lord Cornbury appointed governor of New York 1702 War with France and Spain Expedition against St. Augustine War on the Canada border 1706 Unsuccessful attack of the Spaniards on Charleston 75 1712 War in North Carolina with the Tuscarora and Coree Indians 105 1711 Unsuccessful invasion of Canada APPENDIX. 1744 War between France and England Year 1742 nvasion of Georgia by the Spaniards successfully resisted 1745 Louisbourg taken. 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle 1752 Charter of Georgia surrendered to the king 1755 Nova Scotia conquered by the British. Congress of Delegates from seven colonies meet at Albany 1756 War formally declared between France and England Fort Oswego taken by Montcalm 1757 Fort William Henry taken by Montcalm. 1759 Forts Du Quesne and Frontignac taken by the English 1765 Stamp act passed First Continental Congress meets at New York 1766 Stamp act repealed 1768 Boston garrisoned by British troops 1770 Boston massacre 1772 Affair of the schooner Gaspee 1774 Boston Port bill passed Continental Congress assembles at Philadelphia Nov. 19 Montreal taken Dec. 31 Attack on Quebec defeated. Montgomery killed 1776 March 17 Boston evacuated by the British June July Aug. 28 Attack on Charleston defeated Sept. 15 New York occupied by the British Retreat of Washington through New Jersey 169 170 177 170 171 179 171 171 . 180 181 172 Oct. Nov. Dec. 26 Battle of Trenton 7 2 Battle of Princeton Arrival of La Fayette Arrival of Burgoyne July Ticonderoga taken by Burgoyne's troops Capture of General Prescott General Howe leaves New York, and sails with 16,000 15 Articles of confederation of the United States rat.ned 166 Treaty between France and the United States. 173 183 . 185 June 18 The British evacuate Philadelphia . 185 28 Battle of Monmouth . 186 July Aug. Unsuccessful attempt to recover Rhode Islan Arrival of Count D'Estaing with a French fleet 187 187 187 |