A Short History of the United States, 1492-1929Macmillan, 1929 - 976 pages |
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John Spencer Bassett. SETTLEMENTS IN CONNECTICUT 69 The River Towns of Connecticut . Meanwhile , the lands south of Massachusetts and west of Rhode Island had attracted settlers . On the Connecticut , Dutch trading forts had already been ...
John Spencer Bassett. SETTLEMENTS IN CONNECTICUT 69 The River Towns of Connecticut . Meanwhile , the lands south of Massachusetts and west of Rhode Island had attracted settlers . On the Connecticut , Dutch trading forts had already been ...
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... Connecticut settlements , and the sug- gestion was repeated , but with the same results . In 1642 Connecticut renewed the request , alleging a general Indian league to crush the whites . Then Massachusetts began to relent , and in 1643 ...
... Connecticut settlements , and the sug- gestion was repeated , but with the same results . In 1642 Connecticut renewed the request , alleging a general Indian league to crush the whites . Then Massachusetts began to relent , and in 1643 ...
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... Connecticut river , were both within the charter limits of New Netherland , though neither was settled by an agricultural colony . To the former came in 1638 fifty Swedish settlers under Peter Swedish Minuit , formerly governor of New ...
... Connecticut river , were both within the charter limits of New Netherland , though neither was settled by an agricultural colony . To the former came in 1638 fifty Swedish settlers under Peter Swedish Minuit , formerly governor of New ...
Contents
THE DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF AMERICA | 23 |
Exploring the Interior | 31 |
The Plymouth Colony | 59 |
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