A. The Articles of Confederation
B. The Constitution of the United States
C. Magna Charta
D. Part of the Bill of Rights, 1689
E. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
F. The States classified according to origin
G. Table of states and territories
H. Population of the United States 1790-1880, with percentages of
urban population
I. An Examination Paper for Customs Clerks
J. The New York Corrupt Practices Act of 1890
K. Specimen of an Australian ballot
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CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, CONSIDERED WITH SOME REFERENCE
TO ITS ORIGINS.
CHAPTER I.
TAXATION AND GOVERNMENT.
In that strangely beautiful story, "The Cloister and the Hearth," in
which Charles Reade has drawn such a vivid picture of human life at the
close of the Middle Ages, there is a good description of the siege of a
revolted town by the army of the Duke of Burgundy. Arrows whiz,
catapults hurl their ponderous stones, wooden towers are built, secret
mines are exploded. The sturdy citizens, led by a tall knight who seems
to bear a charmed life, baffle every device of the besiegers. At length
the citizens capture the brother of the duke's general, and the
besiegers capture the tall knight, who turns out to be no knight after
all, but just a plebeian hosier.
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