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Brewer's: Charter
(See People's Charter) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ChartismCharon's Toll A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…Brewer's: People's Charter
(The). The six points of the People's Charter, formulated in 1848, are: Manhood Suffrage (now practically established). Annual Parliaments. Vote by Ballot (established). Abolition of…charter
(Encyclopedia) charter, document granting certain rights, powers, or functions. It may be issued by the sovereign body of a state to a local governing body, university, or other corporation or by the…Preamble of the United Nations Charter
Preamble of the United Nations Charter The Charter of the United Nations was adopted at the San Francisco Conference of 1945. The complete text is available on the UN website, www.un.org/aboutun/…charter school
(Encyclopedia) charter school, alternative type of American public school that, while paid for by taxes, is independent of the public-school system and relatively free from state and local…Charter Oak
(Encyclopedia) Charter Oak, white oak tree that until 1856 stood in Hartford, Conn., and was thought to be 1,000 years old. There is a tradition that when Sir Edmund Andros, as governor-general of…Atlantic Charter
(Encyclopedia) Atlantic CharterAtlantic Charterətlătĭk, ăt– [key], joint program of peace aims, enunciated by Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt…People's Charter
(Encyclopedia) People's Charter: see Chartism.Charles River Bridge Case
(Encyclopedia) Charles River Bridge Case, decided in 1837 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Charles River Bridge Company had been granted (1785) a charter by the state of Massachusetts to operate a toll…Treat, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Treat, Robert, 1622?–1710, American colonial governor of Connecticut, b. England. He was taken to America when a child; his father was an early settler of Wethersfield, Conn., and a…Trending
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