A Paragraph History of the United States from the Discovery of the Continent to the Present Time: With Brief Notes on Contemporaneous Events. Chronologically ArrangedRoberts brothers, 1875 - 93 pages |
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... land coast . But the extent of their dis- 1160-1227 . Gen- coveries , and the precise localities which ghis Khan . they visited , cannot be determined with 1297-1299 . Scot- land in arms any certainty . against England , led by Wallace ...
... land coast . But the extent of their dis- 1160-1227 . Gen- coveries , and the precise localities which ghis Khan . they visited , cannot be determined with 1297-1299 . Scot- land in arms any certainty . against England , led by Wallace ...
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... land was hailed by one of the sailors . It proved to be an island ( one of the Bahamas ) , to which , on landing , Columbus gave the name of San Salvador . After discovering several other islands in the vicinity , one of which he called ...
... land was hailed by one of the sailors . It proved to be an island ( one of the Bahamas ) , to which , on landing , Columbus gave the name of San Salvador . After discovering several other islands in the vicinity , one of which he called ...
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... Land of Americus ; whence America . * For this appellation [ assuming the truth of the tradition ] Amerigo does not seem to have been in any wise responsible . He was a friend of Columbus . 1500. Gaspar Cortereal , a Portuguese ...
... Land of Americus ; whence America . * For this appellation [ assuming the truth of the tradition ] Amerigo does not seem to have been in any wise responsible . He was a friend of Columbus . 1500. Gaspar Cortereal , a Portuguese ...
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... result of which was the pretty thorough explora- tion of the waters about the mouth of 1535. Henry VIII . of Eng- land excommu- nicated by the Pope . 1540. Ignatius Loyola founds the order of the Jesuits . OF THE UNITED STATES . II.
... result of which was the pretty thorough explora- tion of the waters about the mouth of 1535. Henry VIII . of Eng- land excommu- nicated by the Pope . 1540. Ignatius Loyola founds the order of the Jesuits . OF THE UNITED STATES . II.
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... land ; and finally , on the 21st of December , dis- embarked where the town of Plymouth now stands . Hav- ing no charter , they signed a compact in the cabin of the Mayflower before landing , binding themselves into " a civil body ...
... land ; and finally , on the 21st of December , dis- embarked where the town of Plymouth now stands . Hav- ing no charter , they signed a compact in the cabin of the Mayflower before landing , binding themselves into " a civil body ...
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Page 83 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise ; the state remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without and convulsions within.
Page 61 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Page 86 - NEW JERSEY. RICHARD STOCKTON, JOHN WITHERSPOON, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRAHAM CLARK. PENNSYLVANIA. ROBERT MORRIS, BENJAMIN RUSH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEORGE CLYMER, JAMES SMITH, GEORGE TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEORGE ROSS.
Page 41 - This committee was appointed on the 1 1th, and consisted of Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia ; John Adams, of Massachusetts ; Benjamin Franklin, of Pennsylvania ; Roger Sherman, of Connecticut ; and Robert R. Livingston, of New York.
Page 85 - 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.
Page 41 - 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.
Page 79 - Union 1. Delaware 2. Pennsylvania 3. New Jersey 4. Georgia 5. Connecticut 6. Massachusetts 7. Maryland 8. South Carolina 9. New Hampshire 10. Virginia 11. New York 12. North Carolina 13. Rhode Island 14. Vermont 15. Kentucky 16. Tennessee 17. Ohio 18. Louisiana 19. Indiana 20. Mississippi 21. Illinois 22. Alabama 23. Maine 24. Missouri 25.
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Page 53 - Sir, if a dissolution of the Union must take place, let it be so. If civil war, which gentlemen so much threaten, must come, I can only say, let it come. My hold on life is probably as frail as that of any man who now hears me ; but, while that hold lasts, it shall be devoted to the service of my country — to the freedom of man.