HISTORY 



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more prolific than California in its yield of the j 

 precious metals. The State was admitted Aug- 

 ust 1, 1876. The famous Leadville mines were 

 opened in 1879, and the same year saw the Ute 

 uprising. In 1891 the Cripple Creek gold dis- 

 coveries were made. In 1894 the legislature 

 passed a bill, making equal suffrage for men and 

 women a. law. 



< oinmittee of Public Safety. A com- 

 of nine created by the French Conven- 



\pril 6, 1793, to concentrate the power of 

 \ecutive, "the conscience of Marat, who 

 could >'p salvation in one thing only, in the fall 

 (XX) aristocrats' heads." It was notable, 

 therefore, for its excesses in that line; was not 

 suppressed till October 19, 1796, on the advent 

 of the Directory to power. 

 Confederation of the Rhine. Dur- 

 he war of 1805, so disastrous for Austria, 

 il (lerman princes, too weak to remain 

 al. were forced to ally themselves with 

 The first to do so were the Electors of ' 

 ria anl \\urtemberg, who, in recompense 

 of their services, were elevated to the dignity of ] 

 i he Peace of Presburg, December 26, 

 me months after (May 28, 1806), the 

 rirchchancellor of the empire announced at the 

 that he had chosen as his coadjutor and 

 < ardinal Fesch, the uncle of Napoleon, 

 a thing entirely contrary to the constitution of 

 the Germanic Empire. Finally, at Paris, on | 

 Uth of July, 1806, sixteen German princes 

 formally signed an acl of confederation, dissolv- 

 ing their connection with the Germanic Empire, 

 and allying themselves with France. These six- 

 princes were: the kings of Bavaria and 

 Wurtemberg, the arch-chancellor, the Elector of 

 Baden, the new Duke of Cleves and Berg (Joac- 

 him Murat), the Landgraf of Hesse-Darmstadt. 

 the princes of Nassau-Usingen, Nassau-Weilburg 

 Ilohen/.ollern-I lecliingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmar- 

 Im-Salm. Salm-Kyrburg, the Duke of 

 of Isenburg-Birstein and 



;l>erg, the princes 



Lie -ht -iistem. and the Count of Leyen. 

 Connecticut. One of the thirteen original 

 's. Its name was derived from the Indian. 

 -i;rnifies- "Long River." The territory, 

 nally claimed by the Dutch of New Nether- 

 land- l.y riirht of prior exploration, was finally 

 by the Knirlish under a patent granted 

 Is Say and Seal, and Brooke and asso- 

 . in 1631. Permanent settlements were 

 by colonists from Massachusetts, | 

 rd, Windsor, ami \\ethersfield. In 1 



- -ettled l.y a distinguished com- 

 pany of emigrants I nun Filmland. The first 



it ion was adopted in 1639, being the first 



time in hi-t<>ry when a government was organ- 



I ili -lined by a written constitution h- 



tures were afterward copied in the 



ition- of the other States and of the 



Fniled Static, and il was the basis of the charter 



'. The attempt to revoke and uj>ersedc 



irter liy Jame.x II. through his representa- 



in Hi.xT. led to what 



iniglit be called the hrst colonial act of rebellion 



hority. During the Revolution 



i - 1 >ed so large a proportionate body of 



.soldiei tmental army. I ui IIIL' theClvil 



54,882 men \M-re furnished by the State. 



Consul. The title of the two chief magis- 

 trates of Rome, whose power was in a < 

 degree absolute, but who were chosen only for 

 one year; they were instituted B. C. 509. * The 

 authority of the two consuls were e<jual; yet 

 the Valerian law gave the right of priority' to 

 the elder, and the Julian law to him who had the 

 greater number of children; and this one was 

 generally called Consul major or prior. In the 

 first ages of the republic, they were elected from 

 patrician families; but in the year of Home. 

 388, the people obtained the privilege of electing 

 one of the consuls from their own body, and 

 sometimes both were plebians. After the estab- 

 lishment of the empire in 91, the office of 

 became merely honorary; the last holder of the 

 j dignity at Rome was Decimus Theodorus Pauli- 

 |nus, A. D. 536; at Constantinople, Flavius 

 Basilius Junius, ~> 1 1 . 



Consulate. A trio of three per* 

 whom, after the dissolution of the French 1 >\- 

 ory in 1799, the provisional government was 

 intrusted. Napoleon, Cambactfres, and Lebrun, 

 were elected as first, second, and third < 

 respectively, with different degrees of authority. 

 1-soi); but the influence of the first becoming 

 gradually augmented, the transition to imjK-rial 

 dignity became easy to him. On 

 IM>_'. he was made consul for life; and . 

 18, 1804, the title of emperor was substituted for 

 that of consul. 



Continental System. A plan devised 

 by Napoleon to exclude Britain from all inter- 

 course with the continent of Europe. It began 

 with the decree of Berlin of November LM. 1806, 

 by which the British Islands were declared to 

 be in a state of blockade; all commerce, inter- 

 course, and correspondence were prohibited : 

 every Britain found in France, or a count r\ 

 pied by French troops, was declared a prisoner 

 of war; all property belonging to Britons, fair 

 prize, and all trade in goods from Britain or 



British colonies entirely prohibited. Britain 

 plied by orders in council prohibit in:: 

 French ports, and declaring all harbors of France 

 and her allies subjected to the same restrictions 

 as if they were closely blockaded. Furt ! 

 crees on the part of France, of a still 

 stringent kind, declared all vessels of wl 

 flag, which had been searched by a British 

 vessel or paid duty to Britain, denationalised, 

 and directed the burning of all British goods, 

 etc. These decrees caused great annoyance, 

 and gave rise to much smuggling, till annulled 

 at the fall Of Na|K.leon. U 



< OMN riition. National. A revolution- 

 ary convention i; which, on September 

 L'o. 17<)2, succeeded the Legislative Assembly, 



proclaimed the republic, condemned II:. 



to death. succeeded in cni-lmu: the rovalM- of 

 Fa Yend.Vand the south, in defeating all I 



leagued agnr e, :nd m Founding institu- 



tions of U-nelit to France to this day. It was 

 dissolved on October 26, 1795, to make way 

 for the Directory. 

 Corea or Korea. The seeds of Chnt- 



were sown in Corea in 1502, I 

 invading nnnv. composed chiefly <> 

 converts ( .f the Japanese usur; <>ama. 



1 1 am. -I. a Dutch sailor, was wrecked here and 



