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  2. 2018 Washington Initiative 1639 - Wikipedia

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    Initiative 1639 was a Washington state ballot initiative concerning firearms regulation that was passed into law on November 6, 2018. The initiative altered the gun laws in Washington by defining the term "semiautomatic assault rifle" to include all semiautomatic rifles, [1] [2] raising the minimum age for purchasing semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21.

  3. List of executive actions by William Howard Taft - Wikipedia

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    Authorizing Appointment of D. K. Tuttle, Joseph W. Milson, and E. B. Leach as Mint Superintendents Without Regard to Civil Service Rules August 24, 1912 541 1588: Position of Special Employee in Internal Revenue Service Regarded as Classified Under Civil Service Rules August 24, 1912 542 1589

  4. Plantation Covenant - Wikipedia

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    The covenant stated: We whose names are herein written, intending by God's gracious permission, to plant ourselves in New England, and if it may be in the southerly part, about Quinpisac [ Quinnipiac], we do faithfully promise each for ourselves and families and those that belong to us, that we will, the Lord assisting us, sit down and join ourselves together in one entire plantation and to be ...

  5. Portsmouth Compact - Wikipedia

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    The text of the Portsmouth Compact: The 7th Day of the First Month, 1638. We whose names are underwritten do hereby solemnly in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick and as He shall help, will submit our persons, lives and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of His given in His ...

  6. Freeman (Thirteen Colonies) - Wikipedia

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    During the American colonial period a freeman was a person who was not a slave. The term originated in 12th-century Europe. In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a man had to be a member of the Church to be a freeman; in neighboring Plymouth Colony a man did not need to be a member of the Church, but he had to be elected to this privilege by the General Court.

  7. Oath of a Freeman - Wikipedia

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    The 1631 version of the oath reads: I, A. B. &c. being by the Almighty's most wise dispostion become a member of this body, consisting of the Governor, Deputy Governor, Assistants and Commonalty of the Massachusetts in New England, do freely and sincerely acknowledge that I am justly and lawfully subject to the Government of the same, and do accordingly submit my person and estate to be ...

  8. Category:1639 in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    1639 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies (5 C, 3 P) C. 1639 in Connecticut (1 C) P. 1639 in Plymouth Colony (1 C) R. 1639 in Rhode Island (1 C) T.

  9. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    The Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut Colony council on January 24 [O.S. January 14] 1639. [1] The fundamental orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. They wanted the government to have access to the open ocean for trading. [2]