A Brief History of the United StatesAmerican Book Company, 1900 - 332 pages |
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... James B. Z Jamestown n 1807 VIRGI 8 R. hamplain Colony 1607 1009 Port Bo Da Menk Plymouth Cape No.Cod New York 3414 ew Amsterdam Chesapeake Roanoke I Raleigh 1587 Albemarle Sound Port Royal Ribaut 1562 Laudonniere 1564 St. Augustine ...
... James B. Z Jamestown n 1807 VIRGI 8 R. hamplain Colony 1607 1009 Port Bo Da Menk Plymouth Cape No.Cod New York 3414 ew Amsterdam Chesapeake Roanoke I Raleigh 1587 Albemarle Sound Port Royal Ribaut 1562 Laudonniere 1564 St. Augustine ...
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... James River . Ohio River . Colorado River . Columbia River . Where is Labrador ? Central America ? Florida ? Mexico ? New Mexico ? Cali- fornia ? Oregon ? Peru ? Locate St. Augustine . Santa Fé ( sahn tah fa ) . New York . Montreal ...
... James River . Ohio River . Colorado River . Columbia River . Where is Labrador ? Central America ? Florida ? Mexico ? New Mexico ? Cali- fornia ? Oregon ? Peru ? Locate St. Augustine . Santa Fé ( sahn tah fa ) . New York . Montreal ...
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... James River was discovered . Champlain returned in 1608 , and established a trading * Their sufferings were horrible . Weak and emaciated , they fed themselves with roots , sorrel , pounded fish - bones , and even roasted snakes ...
... James River was discovered . Champlain returned in 1608 , and established a trading * Their sufferings were horrible . Weak and emaciated , they fed themselves with roots , sorrel , pounded fish - bones , and even roasted snakes ...
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... James I. of treason , was imprisoned for many years , and finally , executed . On the scaffold , he asked for the ax , and feeling the edge , observed , with a smile , " This is a sharp medicine , but a sound cure for all diseases ...
... James I. of treason , was imprisoned for many years , and finally , executed . On the scaffold , he asked for the ax , and feeling the edge , observed , with a smile , " This is a sharp medicine , but a sound cure for all diseases ...
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... James I. accord- ingly granted the vast territory of Virginia , as it was called , to two companies , the London and the Plymouth . The London Company , whose principal men resided at London , had the tract between the thirty - fourth ...
... James I. accord- ingly granted the vast territory of Virginia , as it was called , to two companies , the London and the Plymouth . The London Company , whose principal men resided at London , had the tract between the thirty - fourth ...
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