The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-11-17
LESSON ON
PATRIOTISM.
Chapter III.

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partments is our government diyid- |
ed?
Our government is divioed into |
three departments: Legislative. ex-
ecutive and judicial.
2. OF what does the legislative de-
partment consist?
The legislative department con-
sists of Senate and House of Rep
resentatives and the two together
are called the Congress. 1t is the
duty of this department to make the
laws for the United States.
3. OF what does the executive de-
partment consist?
The Executive department consists
of President and Vice President.
1t is the duty of this department
to see that the laws of the United
States are enforced.
4. OF what does the judicial de-
partment consist.
The judicial department consists OF
the United States Courts. II Is the
duty of this department to try per-
sons accuse d of disobeying the laws of
the United States, and so determine
whether the laws passed by Congress
are based on the Constitution or not.
3. What is the Supreme Law of
the land.
The Constitution says: "This Con-
stitution, and the laws of the United
States which shall be made
in pursuance thereof. and all
treaties made. or which shall
he made, under the authority of the
United States, shall be the supreme
law of the land; and the judges in
every State shall be bound thereby
| anything in the constitution OF laws
of any State to the contr airy notwith-
standing"
6. What was the War of the Rev
olution?
| The American Colonies. thirteen in
number. rebelled against Great Brit
ain, in 1870, and proclaimed the Dec
laration of Independence and the
right to govern themselves.
| z. What were the chief causes OF
the Revolutionary War?
First-The right of arbitrary gov
ernment claimed by Great Britain
and denied by the Colonies.
Secoud-The influence of France,
exerted constantly so as to incite a
spirit of resistance.
Third The natural disposition and
inherited character of the Colonists,
Republican in politics and dissenters
in religion. -.
Fourth-The growth of public opin-
Ii ion in the Colonies tending toward
independence.
Fifth-The personal character OF
George iii. altogether too despotic.
Sixth-The passage by Parliament
of a number of acts destructive OF
lCoionial liberty, resisted by the Col.
lonies, and attempted enforcement OF
lthese acts with the bayonet of Great
Britain.
Seventh-The declaration by the
lColonists of their complete indepen.
ldence from British rule.
8. What were the chief results OF
the war?
Independence of the Colonies and
the formation of new Nation.
0. What were the causes OF the
War of 1912?
First-The closing of the ports OF
Europe by England against Ameri'
lean commerce.
| ond-Impressment of American
lsailors of English birth, based upon
the doctrine that a person born or
English soil is an English subject
1.-THE United States claimed that mer
Imay give up their inherited citizen
Iship and transfer their allegiance tC
lother countries.
| 10. How was war deelaredf
By proclamation June 10, 1912,
| III When was the treaty agreed to:
December %, 1914.
| ~. What caused the Mexican
War?
| First-Mexico claimed Texas as part
of her territory, notwithstanding 1t:
lindependence was acknowledged by
the United states. England. France
and other governments. The United
States, by annexation. claimed the
Rio Grande as the Texan boundary
while Mexico alleged the western
limit of the province never extended
lyest of the Nueces River. The cross
ing by General Taylor was considered
1.-THE commencement of war, and Mex
leo made the attack.
Second-Impoverish by civil war,
Mexico did not hesitate to replenish
her treasury by plunderi1g American
vessels in the Gull of Mexico, and al
so confscated property of American
merchants within her borders coy.
cred by the treaty of 1881, but not
lived up to.
Third-International politics, on
both sides.
Is. When was War DeclaredY
/ May l3, 1910.
IA. When was the treaty agreed
to?
February 2. 1s4s.
Is. What was the cause of the
War of the Rebellion?
Conflict between the Free State:
and the Slave States, on the subject
of States rights. This conflict culmi
mated in the election of Abraham
Lincoln.
What were the costs of the Great
War?
To maintain the Constitution in its
integrity and to preserve the unity
Of the Nation thirty years ago, near
ly FIVE years of terrible war wa:
fought, in which seven hundred
Thousand men laid down their lives
that this Nation might live.
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