History of the United States: From 1492 to 1872Brewer and Tileston, 1876 - 507 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page iii
... down the history to the present time , I have made a few corrections and omissions in Parts I. , II . , and III . , and almost wholly re - written Part IV . CONTENTS . PART I. OCCUPATION . 1492-1638 . CHAPTER I. ( iii )
... down the history to the present time , I have made a few corrections and omissions in Parts I. , II . , and III . , and almost wholly re - written Part IV . CONTENTS . PART I. OCCUPATION . 1492-1638 . CHAPTER I. ( iii )
Page 5
... present Leon in United States was Ponce de Leon , a companion of Florida . Columbus . Long visited by dreams of riches , and latterly , in his advancing age , excited by rumors of a foun- tain in which youth might be renewed , Ponce set ...
... present Leon in United States was Ponce de Leon , a companion of Florida . Columbus . Long visited by dreams of riches , and latterly , in his advancing age , excited by rumors of a foun- tain in which youth might be renewed , Ponce set ...
Page 9
... present South Carolina , ( 1562 ) This settlement likewise falling through , another was made upon the St. John's in Florida , where a fort called Caroline was reared , ( 1564. ) The mutinous dispo- sitions of the colonists and their ...
... present South Carolina , ( 1562 ) This settlement likewise falling through , another was made upon the St. John's in Florida , where a fort called Caroline was reared , ( 1564. ) The mutinous dispo- sitions of the colonists and their ...
Page 11
... present Maine , ( 1612. ) They were followed the next year , by De Saussaye , the agent of Madame de Guercheville to whom the earlier grant to De Monts was now reconveyed ; the limits being extended so far as to reach from Florida to ...
... present Maine , ( 1612. ) They were followed the next year , by De Saussaye , the agent of Madame de Guercheville to whom the earlier grant to De Monts was now reconveyed ; the limits being extended so far as to reach from Florida to ...
Page 13
... present , we leave the name of New France , bestowed by Verrazzano and Cartier in their voyages , and adopted by De Monts , Champlain , and De Saussaye , in their settlements , extend- ing in immense proportions along the seaboard and ...
... present , we leave the name of New France , bestowed by Verrazzano and Cartier in their voyages , and adopted by De Monts , Champlain , and De Saussaye , in their settlements , extend- ing in immense proportions along the seaboard and ...
Contents
9 | |
17 | |
26 | |
34 | |
44 | |
51 | |
55 | |
64 | |
266 | |
275 | |
276 | |
284 | |
291 | |
305 | |
312 | |
320 | |
70 | |
92 | |
106 | |
112 | |
117 | |
124 | |
137 | |
146 | |
160 | |
166 | |
179 | |
185 | |
199 | |
206 | |
215 | |
222 | |
223 | |
230 | |
236 | |
247 | |
254 | |
347 | |
355 | |
361 | |
368 | |
369 | |
375 | |
382 | |
393 | |
400 | |
406 | |
409 | |
418 | |
434 | |
442 | |
451 | |
463 | |
469 | |
470 | |
479 | |
488 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abenakis Acadie adopted afterwards American amongst appointed April arms army assembly authorities battle Boston Britain British called charter church claims coast colonies colonists command commissioners confederate Congress Connecticut Constitution convention council crown December declared defence Delaware Dutch enemy England English expedition federalists fleet Florida followed force Fort Sumter France French Georgia governor grant gress hundred independence Indians Jersey John July land later legislature Louisiana March Maryland Massachusetts ment Mexico militia minister Mississippi Missouri Missouri Compromise months mother country Narragansets nation northern officers Parliament party peace Pennsylvania Plymouth port possession president prisoners proposed proprietors province Puritan reënforced retreat Rhode Island River royal Senate sent settlements settlers shore side slaveholding slavery slaves soon South Carolina southern Spain Spanish spirit surrendered territory thousand tion took town trade treaty tribes troops Union Union army United vessels Virginia vote Washington West wrote York
Popular passages
Page 260 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union ; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state, will effectually provide for the same.
Page 416 - Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth. that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 412 - An ordinance, to dissolve the union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her, under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America." — We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in convention on the...
Page 417 - The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared...
Page 417 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 407 - It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.
Page 416 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world for all future time.
Page 443 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 417 - It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union.
Page 246 - For, according to the system of policy the States shall adopt at this moment, they will stand or fall; and by their confirmation or lapse it is yet to be decided, whether the revolution must ultimately be considered as a blessing or a curse ; a blessing or a curse, not to the present age alone, for with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved.