A History of United States of America: With an Introduction Narrating the Discovery and Settlement of North AmericaButler, Sheldon & Company, 1897 |
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... Coast visited by Raleigh's Ves- sels . First Settlement in Virginia The New England Coast Braddock's Route Acadia . 4 The Country between Montreal and New York 172 . 8 The Siege of Yorktown 182 • 28 Western Movement of Center of ...
... Coast visited by Raleigh's Ves- sels . First Settlement in Virginia The New England Coast Braddock's Route Acadia . 4 The Country between Montreal and New York 172 . 8 The Siege of Yorktown 182 • 28 Western Movement of Center of ...
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... coast of the Mediterranean to trade with the Asiatics who had crossed the continent . But when Columbus was a boy , a great blow had been struck at this commerce . The Turks , who before had lived in western Asia , swarmed into Europe ...
... coast of the Mediterranean to trade with the Asiatics who had crossed the continent . But when Columbus was a boy , a great blow had been struck at this commerce . The Turks , who before had lived in western Asia , swarmed into Europe ...
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... coast , but he was convinced that there must be a shorter route to Asia , and he was confirmed in this belief by the advice of a great geographer and map maker , Toscanelli , who sent him , in 1474 , a map which showed a straight course ...
... coast , but he was convinced that there must be a shorter route to Asia , and he was confirmed in this belief by the advice of a great geographer and map maker , Toscanelli , who sent him , in 1474 , a map which showed a straight course ...
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... coast of Asia . The name Indies was given to the coast ; and since these islands had been reached by sailing westward , they came to be spoken of as the West Indies , and the people found upon them were called Indians . 1 Columbus's ...
... coast of Asia . The name Indies was given to the coast ; and since these islands had been reached by sailing westward , they came to be spoken of as the West Indies , and the people found upon them were called Indians . 1 Columbus's ...
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... coast of South America , and wrote a letter containing an account of his discoveries.2 This letter , in 1507 , the year after the death of Columbus , was printed at the printing press of a college near Strasburg ; and the printer , who ...
... coast of South America , and wrote a letter containing an account of his discoveries.2 This letter , in 1507 , the year after the death of Columbus , was printed at the printing press of a college near Strasburg ; and the printer , who ...
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Seite 466 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent: and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Seite 300 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Seite 475 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Seite 137 - Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved...
Seite 467 - Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common high-ways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost or duty therefor. Art. 5th. There shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three, nor more than five states...
Seite 132 - 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.
Seite 457 - ... into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 457 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Seite 467 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Seite 401 - Commission, composed of five senators, five representatives, and five justices of the Supreme Court. The result was the election of Mr.