A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . rsed. They again assembled at anotherplace, but, upon being approached, again dispersed withoutresistance ; and this ended the affair. A constitution, the onenow in force, was soon afterward adopted. III. Thomas W. Dorr,the leader of the suffrageparty in the insurrection,was afterward arrested,tried, convicted of hightreason, and sentenced toimprisonment for was, however, par-doned in 1847 ; and, at alater period, his civilrights were restore
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . rsed. They again assembled at anotherplace, but, upon being approached, again dispersed withoutresistance ; and this ended the affair. A constitution, the onenow in force, was soon afterward adopted. III. Thomas W. Dorr,the leader of the suffrageparty in the insurrection,was afterward arrested,tried, convicted of hightreason, and sentenced toimprisonment for was, however, par-doned in 1847 ; and, at alater period, his civilrights were restored tohim, and the record ofliis sentence was ex-punged. ANNEXATION OPTEXAS. IV. A proposition forthe admission of Texasinto the Union caus-ed excited discussion throughout the whole country during the closing monthsof Tylers administration. Texas had been a province ofMexico, but in consequence of the arbitrary policy pur- II. Questions.—3. What division of parties soon took place? 4. What is statedas evidence of the violence of the controversy ? 5. Give an account of the Kobel-lion. III. G. What account can you give of Thomas W. Dorr?12. 266 TYLERS ADMINISTRATION. sued by that governmenttowards her inhabitants,the most of whom werefrom the United States,they declared their in-dependence, and byforce of arms sustainedthe declaration. V. A bill for the ad-mission of Texas, undercertain conditions, waspassed by Congress threedays before the expira-tion of Tylers term ofoffice, and at once wassigned by him. Tylerslast important official actwas the signing of thebill admitting Floridaand Iowa into the Union. He was succeeded in the presidency by James K. Polk, of Tennessee.
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