Queen of Republics: Being a Standard History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Countinent to the Present TimeBay State Company, 1899 - 936 páginas |
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... determined by the government to pro- sailed for France , and arrived at St. Malo on ceed at once to the founding of a colony in the sixth of July , 1536. Cartier published the new world . A fleet of three well - equipped a truthful ...
... determined by the government to pro- sailed for France , and arrived at St. Malo on ceed at once to the founding of a colony in the sixth of July , 1536. Cartier published the new world . A fleet of three well - equipped a truthful ...
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... determined to go in search of the precious metal . He directed his ships to meet him at a harbor with which his pilot pretended to be acquainted , and then , at the head of three hundred men , forty of whom were mounted , set off into ...
... determined to go in search of the precious metal . He directed his ships to meet him at a harbor with which his pilot pretended to be acquainted , and then , at the head of three hundred men , forty of whom were mounted , set off into ...
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... determined to send no news of himself to his countrymen until he had found or conquered some rich country . Turning his back resolutely upon the ships , the gov- ernor resumed his march to the northwest . By the middle of December he ...
... determined to send no news of himself to his countrymen until he had found or conquered some rich country . Turning his back resolutely upon the ships , the gov- ernor resumed his march to the northwest . By the middle of December he ...
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... determined and his heart was torn by a conflict of De Soto was now conquered . It was at last as plain to him as it had been all along to his followers that the expedition was a failure . He had spent three years in roaming over the ...
... determined and his heart was torn by a conflict of De Soto was now conquered . It was at last as plain to him as it had been all along to his followers that the expedition was a failure . He had spent three years in roaming over the ...
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... determined at once to exterminate the heretics , and for this purpose employed Pedro Melendez de Avilès , an officer who had rendered himself notorious for his cruelty when engaged against the pirates and in the wars of Spanish America ...
... determined at once to exterminate the heretics , and for this purpose employed Pedro Melendez de Avilès , an officer who had rendered himself notorious for his cruelty when engaged against the pirates and in the wars of Spanish America ...
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Página 915 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Página 389 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Página 352 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.
Página 296 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Página 556 - ... the occasion has been deemed proper for asserting, .as a principle In which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power, • • • We owe it.
Página 784 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Página 128 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Página 643 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Página 130 - In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King' James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c., 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...
Página 353 - ... When your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause and wish to make it your own.