History of the United States of America, from the Discovery to the Present TimeThomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1854 - 996 páginas |
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... England . 28 30 31 32 33 34 38 39 41 44 46 50 51 54 54 55 • 56 • 58 60 62 63 • 66 68 69 70 71 73 CHAP . VII . - Virginia under the London Company . 74 • Frequent change of Governors 75 Marriage of Pocahontas ..... 76 Her visit to England ...
... England . 28 30 31 32 33 34 38 39 41 44 46 50 51 54 54 55 • 56 • 58 60 62 63 • 66 68 69 70 71 73 CHAP . VII . - Virginia under the London Company . 74 • Frequent change of Governors 75 Marriage of Pocahontas ..... 76 Her visit to England ...
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... England .... Voyage of the Mayflower - Arrival of the Pilgrims Settlement of Plymouth - Sufferings of the settlers . Treaty with Massasoit Treaty with the Narragansetts - Indian confederacy Establishment of a colony on the Kennebec CHAP ...
... England .... Voyage of the Mayflower - Arrival of the Pilgrims Settlement of Plymouth - Sufferings of the settlers . Treaty with Massasoit Treaty with the Narragansetts - Indian confederacy Establishment of a colony on the Kennebec CHAP ...
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... England , from the Restoration until the commencement of the French War , 1754 ..... 144 Favorable charters for Rhode Island and Connecticut - Execution of Sir Henry Vane .... 145 Indian disturbances - King Philip prepares for war 148 ...
... England , from the Restoration until the commencement of the French War , 1754 ..... 144 Favorable charters for Rhode Island and Connecticut - Execution of Sir Henry Vane .... 145 Indian disturbances - King Philip prepares for war 148 ...
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... England and to the islands possessed by Spain and Portugal in the western ocean . In consequence , he soon became the most experienced navigator of his time . He took notes of everything he saw , and kept his mind intently fixed upon ...
... England and to the islands possessed by Spain and Portugal in the western ocean . In consequence , he soon became the most experienced navigator of his time . He took notes of everything he saw , and kept his mind intently fixed upon ...
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... England . The sovereigns of those kingdoms were desirous of sharing the power and wealth to be derived from discoveries in the New World , and promptly fur- nished the means to equip expeditions for that purpose . Now that the daring of ...
... England . The sovereigns of those kingdoms were desirous of sharing the power and wealth to be derived from discoveries in the New World , and promptly fur- nished the means to equip expeditions for that purpose . Now that the daring of ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
American army appointed arms Arnold arrived artillery assembly attack attempt baggage batteries battle boats body Boston British army Burgoyne camp Captain captured Carolina Charleston Colonel colonists colony command commenced Commodore compelled Congress Connecticut Cornwallis Count d'Estaing Creek defence Delaware despatched destroyed detachment enemy enemy's England English enterprise exertions expedition favor fell fire fleet force Fort Edward Fort Mifflin France French frigate garrison governor guns harbor hostile immediately Indians inhabitants Island killed land large number Lieutenant Lord Lord Cornwallis Lord Loudoun Lord Rawdon loss marched Massachusetts miles military militia North officers ordered party Philadelphia possession president prisoners proceeded province provisions reached rear received regiment regulars reinforced resolved retired retreat returned Rhode Island river royal sailed sent settlement settlers ships siege Sir Henry Clinton sloop-of-war soon South Carolina spirit squadron surrender took town treaty Tripoli Tripolitan troops United vessels Virginia Washington whole wounded York
Passagens conhecidas
Página 997 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Página 995 - ... the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation. Any other tenure by which the West can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength or from an apostate and unnatural connection with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
Página 995 - Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which under any form of government are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty; in this sense it is, that your Union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty, and that ' the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other.
Página 995 - No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced.
Página 997 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be, in any particular, wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for, though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Página 997 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Página 995 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support. Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty.
Página 997 - This within certain limits is probably true : and in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose.
Página 997 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
Página 237 - The cold was so extremely severe, that mr. Gist had all his fingers, and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut up so hard, that we found no difficulty in getting off the island, on the ice, in the morning, and went to mr. Frazier's.