A Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the Earliest Discoveries, by the Northmen in the Tenth Century, to the Present Time ...E. Strong, 1847 - 755 Seiten |
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... boat system - The embargo - Non - intercourse with England - Madi- son elected president - Erskine's mission - Affair of the President and Little Belt - Revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees and the British orders in council ...
... boat system - The embargo - Non - intercourse with England - Madi- son elected president - Erskine's mission - Affair of the President and Little Belt - Revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees and the British orders in council ...
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... tier - Gallant exploit of Captain Holmes - War on the Atlantic coast- Attack of Saybrook - Gun - boat battle in Long Island Sound - Capture of · CHAPTER XXXVII AMERICAN REVOLUTION . - Campaign in the 2 * CONTENTS . xvii.
... tier - Gallant exploit of Captain Holmes - War on the Atlantic coast- Attack of Saybrook - Gun - boat battle in Long Island Sound - Capture of · CHAPTER XXXVII AMERICAN REVOLUTION . - Campaign in the 2 * CONTENTS . xvii.
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... boat system - The embargo - Non - intercourse with England - Madi- son elected president - Erskine's mission - Affair of the President and Little Belt - Revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees and the British orders in council , 556 ...
... boat system - The embargo - Non - intercourse with England - Madi- son elected president - Erskine's mission - Affair of the President and Little Belt - Revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees and the British orders in council , 556 ...
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... boat on shore to open an intercourse with the natives . This he effected , not without some difficulty ; for as soon as the French landed , the savages fled in great trepidation ; yet , they soon after stole back , exhibiting signs of ...
... boat on shore to open an intercourse with the natives . This he effected , not without some difficulty ; for as soon as the French landed , the savages fled in great trepidation ; yet , they soon after stole back , exhibiting signs of ...
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... boat , and the Indians continued to gaze after him till they saw him safe on board . The spot where this adventure occurred , is supposed to have been somewhere on the coast of New Jersey . Leaving this place , Verazzani sailed along ...
... boat , and the Indians continued to gaze after him till they saw him safe on board . The spot where this adventure occurred , is supposed to have been somewhere on the coast of New Jersey . Leaving this place , Verazzani sailed along ...
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Seite 105 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Seite 551 - States may of right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
Seite 271 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
Seite 172 - Esq., or, in his absence, to such as for the time being take care for preserving the peace and administering the laws in their Majesties' province of New York, in America.
Seite 271 - They nourished up by YOUR indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule them...
Seite 269 - Whereas it is just and necessary that a revenue be raised in America, for defraying the expenses of defending, protecting and securing the same ; we, the commons, &c.
Seite 423 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Seite 548 - He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws of naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands. He has obstructed the administration of justice by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers. He has made judges dependent on his will alone for the tenure of their offices and the amount...
Seite 276 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Seite 148 - Captain Church then said that, forasmuch as he had caused many an Englishman's body to lie unburied, and rot above ground, not one of his bones should be buried.