A Popular History of the United States: From the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen, to the End of the First Century of the Union of the States. Preceded by a Sketch of the Prehistoric Period and the Age of the Mound Builders, Том 3Scribner, Armstrong, & Company, 1879 |
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... sent him by Winthrop of the breaking out of Philip's war . He was " very much troubled , " he wrote to the Connecticut Governor , " at the Christians ' misfortunes and hard disasters in those parts , being so overpowered by such heathen ...
... sent him by Winthrop of the breaking out of Philip's war . He was " very much troubled , " he wrote to the Connecticut Governor , " at the Christians ' misfortunes and hard disasters in those parts , being so overpowered by such heathen ...
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... sent to the Duke of York for his approval . The Charter of Liberties and Privi- leges pro- posed . The new form of government was quite as liberal as that accorded by royal charter to any of the colonies . But it was not to last long ...
... sent to the Duke of York for his approval . The Charter of Liberties and Privi- leges pro- posed . The new form of government was quite as liberal as that accorded by royal charter to any of the colonies . But it was not to last long ...
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... sent by Nicholson and his Council to Sir Edmund both by land and by water , and they ordered , at the same time , that the King's money should be placed in the fort , a fact that shows that even at the outset they were apprehensive of ...
... sent by Nicholson and his Council to Sir Edmund both by land and by water , and they ordered , at the same time , that the King's money should be placed in the fort , a fact that shows that even at the outset they were apprehensive of ...
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... sent to Boston , one copy to Sir Edmund An- The Council dros , to ask him to return the Records of the Province write to Bos- which he had with him , the other to Governor Bradstreet and the other leaders of the popular movement , in ...
... sent to Boston , one copy to Sir Edmund An- The Council dros , to ask him to return the Records of the Province write to Bos- which he had with him , the other to Governor Bradstreet and the other leaders of the popular movement , in ...
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... sent for aid to the city whose ruler she had de- fied , asking for help . Leisler would not recognize the Al- Albany re- bany government , and they wrote to Connecticut and to fuses to rec- Massachusetts asking for a garrison for the ...
... sent for aid to the city whose ruler she had de- fied , asking for help . Leisler would not recognize the Al- Albany re- bany government , and they wrote to Connecticut and to fuses to rec- Massachusetts asking for a garrison for the ...
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Страница 484 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN King of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Страница 421 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the UNION be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Страница 487 - Resolved, That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several assemblies, conventions, and committees, or councils of safety, and to the several commanding officers of the continental troops : that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army.
Страница 266 - ... conveyed infinite delight to my mind, though I was excessively ill at the time. But this prospect was soon clouded, and my hopes brought very low indeed, when I found, that, instead of pushing on with vigor, without regarding a little rough road, they were halting to level every molehill, and to erect bridges over every brook, by which means we were four days in getting twelve miles.
Страница 347 - America is obstinate ; America is almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Страница 479 - Confederation of the Colonies, at such time and in the manner as to them shall seem best: Provided, That the power of forming Government for, and the regulations of the internal concerns of each Colony, be left to the respective Colonial Legislatures. Resolved, unanimously, That a Committee be appointed to prepare a Declaration of Rights, and such a plan of Government as will be most likely to maintain peace and order in this Colony, and secure substantial and equal liberty to the people.
Страница 482 - That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. That it is expedient forthwith to take the most effectual measures for forming foreign Alliances. That a plan of confederation be prepared and transmitted to the respective Colonies for their consideration and approbation.
Страница 340 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason," cried the Speaker — " treason, treason ", echoed from every part of the House.
Страница 348 - Q. What used to be the pride of the Americans? A. To indulge in the fashions and manufactures of Great Britain. Q. What is now their pride? A. To wear their old clothes over again, till they can make new ones.
Страница 349 - I remember, sir, with a melancholy pleasure, the situation of the honourable gentleman ' who made the motion for the repeal ; in that crisis, when the whole trading interest of this empire, crammed into your lobbies, with a trembling and anxious expectation, waited, almost to a winter's return of light, their fate from your resolutions.