[Constitution to be considered adopted when ratified by nine states.] The ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the…
(Encyclopedia) Prime Ministers of Great Britain
Prime Minister
Party1
Dates in Office
Sir Robert Walpole
1721–42
Earl of Wilmington
1742–43
Henry Pelham
1743–54
Duke of Newcastle
1754–56…
(Encyclopedia) Mackenzie, William Lyon, 1795–1861, Canadian journalist and insurgent leader, b. Scotland; grandfather of William Lyon Mackenzie King. Emigrating to Upper Canada in 1820, he published…
(Encyclopedia) Samuel, two books of the Bible, originally a single work, called First and Second Samuel in modern Bibles, and First and Second Kingdoms in the Septuagint. They are considered part of…
(Encyclopedia) VillehardouinVillehardouinvēlärdwăNˈ [key], French noble family that ruled the Peloponnesus from 1210 to 1278. Geoffroi I de Villehardouin, d. 1218, nephew of the historian and marshal…
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Balancing the rights of the federal government, the states, and individuals by Shmuel Ross var newWindow = null; function closeWin(){ if (newWindow != null){ if(!newWindow.…
(Encyclopedia) Charles I (Charles of Anjou), 1227–85, king of Naples and Sicily (1266–85), count of Anjou and Provence, youngest brother of King Louis IX of France. He took part in Louis's crusades…
