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convention of Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein, convention of, 1854. The British government was puzzled by the Great Trek of 1836–7 when thousands of Boer farmers moved out of the Cape and left British jurisdiction. In 1845 it annexed Natal and in 1848 Sir Harry Smith followed up by annexing the Orange River Territory,... Read more |
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Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth 1745-1807, American political leader, third Chief Justice of the United States (1796-1800), b. Windsor, Conn. A Hartford lawyer, he was (1778-83) a member of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution. His great service was at the U.S. Constitutional Convention ,... Read more |
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Convention of Estates
Convention of Estates, 1689. The flight of James VII in 1688 made it impossible to summon a legal Scottish Parliament. It was therefore decided to fall back upon a Convention of Estates, which had often been summoned in emergencies, and which met on 14 March 1689 in Edinburgh. By the Claim of... Read more |
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Convention of royal burghs
Convention of royal burghs. Meetings of the royal burghs in Scotland went back to the 14th cent. and in 1487 a statute authorized annual sessions. The conventions were in addition to the representation of the burghs in the Scottish Parliament and, after 1707, the British Parliament. The same... Read more |
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Annapolis
Annapolis , city (1990 pop. 33,187), state capital and seat of Anne Arundel co., central Md., on the south bank of the Severn River. Annapolis is a port of entry on Chesapeake Bay and the business and shipping center for the fruit and vegetable farmers of E Maryland. Local industries include the... Read more |
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Convention on the Rights of the Child
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