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... France and her failure . II . VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND TO 1660 III . NEW ENGLAND AND THE PILGRIMS IV . MASSACHUSETTS BAY V. OTHER NEW ENGLAND COLONIES Rhode Island ( religious freedom ) ; Connecticut ( political democ- racy ) ; the New ...
... France and her failure . II . VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND TO 1660 III . NEW ENGLAND AND THE PILGRIMS IV . MASSACHUSETTS BAY V. OTHER NEW ENGLAND COLONIES Rhode Island ( religious freedom ) ; Connecticut ( political democ- racy ) ; the New ...
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... France in 1782. Colored 216 227 facing 233 235 237 239 242 243 51. Crossed swords , American and English ( Massachusetts Historical Society ) 52. The United States in 1783 ; nominal and actual territory . Colored facing 53. Western ...
... France in 1782. Colored 216 227 facing 233 235 237 239 242 243 51. Crossed swords , American and English ( Massachusetts Historical Society ) 52. The United States in 1783 ; nominal and actual territory . Colored facing 53. Western ...
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... France " ; but the colonists who , trusting to this account , tried to settle there a little later , suffered cruelly from a winter like that of Norway . Then , too , as one goes from north to south , the climate changes more swiftly in ...
... France " ; but the colonists who , trusting to this account , tried to settle there a little later , suffered cruelly from a winter like that of Norway . Then , too , as one goes from north to south , the climate changes more swiftly in ...
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... France or Spain . We some- times speak of the vast inland valleys of the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi , where the French cast their fortunes , as " gateways to the conti- nent " ; and so they are to the interior . But in the early ...
... France or Spain . We some- times speak of the vast inland valleys of the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi , where the French cast their fortunes , as " gateways to the conti- nent " ; and so they are to the interior . But in the early ...
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... FRANCE IN AMERICA 66 9 Nor was Spain content. COLUMBUS AT THE COURT OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA . From the painting by Brozik in the Metropolitan Museum in New York City . CHAMPLAIN'S FIGHT WITH THE IROQUOIS , on the shores of. 8 ENGLAND'S ...
... FRANCE IN AMERICA 66 9 Nor was Spain content. COLUMBUS AT THE COURT OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA . From the painting by Brozik in the Metropolitan Museum in New York City . CHAMPLAIN'S FIGHT WITH THE IROQUOIS , on the shores of. 8 ENGLAND'S ...
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Page 268 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Page 716 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
Page 355 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Page 273 - 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...