Four Centuries of Progress ...C. W. Stanton Company, 1893 - 923 pages |
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... Troops Quartered in Bos- ton -- The " Massacre " The Non - Importation As- sociation - Growth of Hostility to England - Burn- ing of the " Gaspé❞ — The Tax on Tea Retained by the King - Destruction of Tea at Boston - Wrath of the ...
... Troops Quartered in Bos- ton -- The " Massacre " The Non - Importation As- sociation - Growth of Hostility to England - Burn- ing of the " Gaspé❞ — The Tax on Tea Retained by the King - Destruction of Tea at Boston - Wrath of the ...
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... Troops Taken from Taylor's Army - Ad- -vance of the Mexicans -- Battle of Buena Vista— Conquest of California by Fremont and Stockton-- Occupation of Santa Fé - New Mexico Conquered --Doniphan's March - Occupation of Chihuahua-- Sailing ...
... Troops Taken from Taylor's Army - Ad- -vance of the Mexicans -- Battle of Buena Vista— Conquest of California by Fremont and Stockton-- Occupation of Santa Fé - New Mexico Conquered --Doniphan's March - Occupation of Chihuahua-- Sailing ...
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... troops . The demand was refused , and that night the Indians , deceiving the sentinels , set fire to the village . The bewildered Spaniards were aroused from their slumbers to meet a fierce attack of the savages . The latter were re ...
... troops . The demand was refused , and that night the Indians , deceiving the sentinels , set fire to the village . The bewildered Spaniards were aroused from their slumbers to meet a fierce attack of the savages . The latter were re ...
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... troops to her defence . An effort was also made to place the militia of New Jersey and Connecticut under the orders of the governor of New York . The authorities of Connecticut , however , were resolved not to relinquish the control of ...
... troops to her defence . An effort was also made to place the militia of New Jersey and Connecticut under the orders of the governor of New York . The authorities of Connecticut , however , were resolved not to relinquish the control of ...
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... troops , voted a sum of money . Fleet of a Hundred Vessels . The expedition reached Jamaica in Janu- ary , 1741 , but instead of proceeding at once . to attack Havana , which was only three days distant , and the conquest of which would ...
... troops , voted a sum of money . Fleet of a Hundred Vessels . The expedition reached Jamaica in Janu- ary , 1741 , but instead of proceeding at once . to attack Havana , which was only three days distant , and the conquest of which would ...
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Page 385 - 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.
Page 95 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 292 - 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.
Page 780 - 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.
Page 392 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country...
Page 126 - 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...
Page 124 - 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.
Page 126 - ... 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.
Page 863 - In the discharge of my official duty I shall endeavor to be guided by a just and unstrained construction of the Constitution, a careful observance of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or to the people...
Page 348 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.