When in 1816 an act of Congress forced the foreign firm out of the United States, its British-born employees, now become American citizens -- Joseph Rolette, Joseph Renville and Alexis Bailly -- continued in the fur business.

When Tennessee seceded, though the vote did not win a majority in East Tennessee, Johnson was forced to flee from the state with armed security ; he was in fact the only Senator from the seceded states to continue participation in Congress.

When Congress overrode his veto, the project had its green light and ground was first broken in 1991.

" When Congress, in the summer of 1973, legislated an end to U. S. military action in, over, or off the shores of Indochina, the only U. S. military activity then going on was air support of a friendly Cambodian government and army desperately defending their country against a North Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge onslaught ... What destabilized Cambodia was North Vietnam's occupation of chunks of Cambodian territory from 1965 onwards for use as military bases from which to launch attacks on U. S. and South Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam.

When made by Congress, a majority of both houses makes it binding much like regular legislation.

When the Continental Congress was forced to leave Philadelphia in 1783 while he was president, he moved the meetings to Princeton, where they met in the College's Nassau Hall.

When US troops withdew from Grenada in December 1983 Nicholas Braithwaite of the National Democratic Congress was appointed Prime Minister of an interim administration by the Governor General Sir Paul Scoon until elections could be organised.

When Congress, pressured by the Grand Army of the Republic, passed a bill granting pensions for disabilities not caused by military service, Cleveland also vetoed that.

When war finally did break out, the war effort was led by the War Hawks in Congress under Clay at least as much as it was by Madison ; this accorded with the president's preference for checks and balances.

When the British colonial administration outlawed the Congress party, Nehru went to prison for the first time.

When the Congress party under Nehru chose to contest elections and accept power under the Federation scheme, Gandhi resigned from party membership.

When the elections following the introduction of provincial autonomy ( under the government of India act 1935 ) brought the Congress party to power in a majority of the provinces, Nehru's popularity and power was unmatched.

When the Congress received notice of this on March 1, 1781, he joined Daniel Carroll in endorsing them for Maryland.

When Congress prohibited further funding to the Contras, Reagan continued the funding through arms sales that were also prohibited by Congress.

When Richard Nixon tried to use executive privilege as a reason for not turning over subpoenaed evidence to Congress during the Watergate scandal, the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Nixon,, that executive privilege did not apply in cases where a president was attempting to avoid criminal prosecution.

When the Republican Party won control of Congress in the 1994 midterm elections, the freshman Republican class awarded Limbaugh an honorary membership in their caucus.

When Congress began considering a resolution of independence in June 1776, Adams ensured that Jefferson was appointed to the five-man committee to write a declaration in support of the resolution.

When Congress passed the Enabling Act of 1802, which authorized Ohio to begin the process of becoming a U. S. state, the language defining Ohio's northern boundary differed slightly from that used in the Northwest Ordinance: the border was to be " an east and west line drawn through the southern extreme of Lake Michigan, running east ... until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line Canada ; thence with the same, through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line aforesaid.

When Congress created the Michigan Territory in 1805, it used the Northwest Ordinance's language to define the southern boundary, which therefore differed from that in Ohio's state constitution.

When State Legislatures selected Senators, if Congress had been able to prescribe the place for choosing Senators, it could have in effect told each State where its state capital must be located.

When Jefferson became President, the Congress abolished several of these courts and made no provision for the judges of those courts.

When he introduced the Tenth Amendment in Congress, James Madison explained that many states were anxious to ratify this amendment, despite critics who deemed the amendment superfluous or unnecessary:

When the Second Continental Congress convened at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia in May 1775, some delegates hoped for eventual independence, but no one yet advocated declaring it.

When the House reconvened, the party schism caused by the Free Soil Party precluded the formation of a majority needed to elect a Speaker.

When it reconvened in January 1868, the Senate disapproved of his action, and reinstated Stanton, contending Johnson had violated the Tenure of Office Act.

When Parliament reconvened in November, Cromwell brought in the most significant revision of the treason laws since 1352, making it treasonous to speak rebellious words against the royal family, to deny their titles, or to call the King a heretic, tyrant, infidel, or usurper.

When Parliament reconvened on January 14, 1766, the Rockingham ministry formally proposed repeal.

When Parliament reconvened that year they denounced the Declaration and announced that the English monarch did not possess the power to issue proclamations that suspended penal laws passed by the Parliament.

When Legco reconvened on 3 May, it was adjourned for lack of quorum amid a boycott by the pan-democrats.

When the General Assembly reconvened with a majority sympathetic to the governor, he was permitted to continue many of his assumed powers.

When Parliament reconvened, it passed pieces of legislation such as the Sedition Act that illegalised discussion of repealing certain portions of the Constitution.

When Congress reconvened in 1867, it passed another bill to create the state of Nebraska, on the condition that Nebraska's constitution be amended to remove the suffrage clause.

When the court reconvened, Manson and the women created a disturbance suggesting that Judge Older " did away with Ronald Hughes ," which resulted in their being removed again from the courtroom.

When the team reconvened late in the summer of 2000, they began performing a new song, " Dance With 3 Count ".

When Slade split up in 1991 Don Powell owned and operated an antique import / export company before he reconvened the band as Slade II in 1993 with Dave Hill.

When the Scottish Parliament was reconvened in 1999 after 292 years, a fanfare composed by MacMillan accompanied the Queen into the chamber.

When the teams reconvened at Old Trafford for the Third Test, Hutton had been dropped.

When Yes reconvened without Anderson in 2008, they performed " Machine Messiah " and " Tempus Fugit " with new vocalist Benoît David.

When the assembly finally reconvened in 1809, Hart sat as a member for Trois-Rivières for a few days.

" When the group reconvened in the studio in May 1968 for the The Beatles sessions, their group cohesion had already been undermined by the business, artistic, and personal differences that would culminate in their eventual break-up.

In 1976, ex-members Brotman, Crill, Darrow, Feldthouse and Lagos reconvened for the reunion album, When Scopes Collide, which was released on Michael Nesmith ’ s Pacific Arts label.

When the band reconvened after the American leg of the Meddle tour, Roger Waters brought with him a prototype version of " Brain Damage " along with other songs such as " Money ".