The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... Body of Liberties " 25. New England in 1640 26. Old grist mill ( 1645 ) at New London , Connecticut 15. Virginia and New England in 1620 16. Facsimile of the Mayflower Compact , as given in the Bradford manu- script 17. Pilgrims going ...
... Body of Liberties " 25. New England in 1640 26. Old grist mill ( 1645 ) at New London , Connecticut 15. Virginia and New England in 1620 16. Facsimile of the Mayflower Compact , as given in the Bradford manu- script 17. Pilgrims going ...
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... bodies trailed out of their Cabines , like Dogges , to be burried . The First Supply , in the fall of 1607 , found only 38 survivors , and for 20 years each new immigration lost , on an average , half its members the first season . From ...
... bodies trailed out of their Cabines , like Dogges , to be burried . The First Supply , in the fall of 1607 , found only 38 survivors , and for 20 years each new immigration lost , on an average , half its members the first season . From ...
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... body received a democratic LL . PLATES ENG . CO . , N.Y. THE TWO POSSIBLE VIRGINIAS OF 1609 Point Comfort This map shows two possible interpre- tations of this clumsy " northwest " phrase . The Virginians themselves had no trouble in ...
... body received a democratic LL . PLATES ENG . CO . , N.Y. THE TWO POSSIBLE VIRGINIAS OF 1609 Point Comfort This map shows two possible interpre- tations of this clumsy " northwest " phrase . The Virginians themselves had no trouble in ...
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... body had split into factions . The part so far in control was conservative , and belonged to the " court party " in English politics ; but toward the close of 1618 , control passed to a liberal and Puritan faction , led by the Earl of ...
... body had split into factions . The part so far in control was conservative , and belonged to the " court party " in English politics ; but toward the close of 1618 , control passed to a liberal and Puritan faction , led by the Earl of ...
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... body of settlers later , " that those cruell lawes by which we had soe longe been governed were abrogated , and that we were now to be gov- the promises erned by those free lawes which his Majesties sub- of the jects live under in ...
... body of settlers later , " that those cruell lawes by which we had soe longe been governed were abrogated , and that we were now to be gov- the promises erned by those free lawes which his Majesties sub- of the jects live under in ...
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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.
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