Search results for "Petition" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 20, 1792. They did not support the petition of July 17, 1791 for the king's dethronement, but instead published their own petition calling ...43 KB (6,105 words) - 17:02, 30 September 2023
- Japan to surrender. He drafted the Szilárd petition advocating demonstration of the atomic bomb. However, with the European war concluded and the ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- In the spring of 1838, Chief Ross presented a petition with more than 15,000 Cherokee signatures, asking Congress to invalidate the treaty. Many white ...16 KB (2,520 words) - 04:56, 1 May 2023
- came to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet to petition for explanations of denials of their right to emigrate from the U.S.S.R., as affirmed under ...16 KB (2,307 words) - 01:29, 11 November 2022
- and many credit the poet Louis Aragon's petition to the Soviet government as instrumental in Paradzhanov's early release. His good friend ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 00:25, 7 January 2024
- Divine Will, the people of Nineveh actively petition God to change His mind. Jonah even objects to God's showing mercy to the Ninevites, seeming ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 00:19, 19 November 2023
- women of France presented the Women's Petition to the National Assembly in which they proposed a decree giving women equality. The Declaration ...17 KB (2,728 words) - 23:49, 26 July 2022
- million. In May 1924, a hearing, through a petition, was heard by Colonel Herbert Deakyne in a request to use land for the construction of the Golden ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 04:07, 24 May 2024
- right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." [[Image:EleanorRooseveltHumanRights ...18 KB (2,627 words) - 10:48, 11 April 2024
- On August 16, Robespierre presented a petition to the Legislative Assembly ... most of the Parisian sections sent a petition threatening the Girondins ...32 KB (4,786 words) - 22:20, 25 June 2022
- Steblin discovered Schubert's marriage petition in the archives of the Lichtental church. The petition (proposed bride: Therese Grob) was refused ...30 KB (4,803 words) - 09:36, 11 April 2024
- courage throughout the ordeal, prompted him to petition Congress to grant her a military pension. By a special act of Congress, pension certificate number ...16 KB (2,613 words) - 03:51, 1 May 2023
- led by R. Douglas Stuart, Jr. and signed a petition to enforce the 1939 Neutrality Act. The petition was circulated nationally and was the inspiration ...30 KB (4,483 words) - 16:46, 21 May 2024
- were drafting a state constitution in order to petition Congress for statehood, opposition to any candidates supporting either the proviso or popular ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 10:55, 15 May 2023
- the end of his life Shimon was sent to Rome to petition the emperor for the abolition certain anti-Jewish laws (Me'i. 17b). Shimon's success ...16 KB (2,585 words) - 14:13, 27 January 2023
- of excited Jews rushed to Caesarea to petition him for the removal of the obnoxious ensigns. He ignored them for five days, but the next day ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 20:06, 9 April 2023
- out when Robin's Judaism prompted him to petition for his late grandmother to be recognized as Jewish. The devout Catholic Spark reacted by ...16 KB (2,563 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- Rivera, a dedicated Trotskyite, used his fame to petition the Mexican government to grant Trotsky and his wife asylum after they were forced out of ...18 KB (2,754 words) - 11:00, 11 April 2024
- career, signing an infamous 1953 political petition condemning Polish priests accused of treason in a show trial.Michał St. de Zieleśkiewicz, [http://www ...21 KB (2,870 words) - 22:34, 27 July 2023
- Application for a charter is a petition to the Queen in Council. To receive a Royal Charter, the organization must have corporate members who ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 07:42, 13 January 2023
