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... colonies of our superfluous people into those temperate and fertile partes of America which , being within six weekes sailing of England , " are yet unpossessed by any Christians , and seeme 96 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES .
... colonies of our superfluous people into those temperate and fertile partes of America which , being within six weekes sailing of England , " are yet unpossessed by any Christians , and seeme 96 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES .
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... colonies failed at last . It was farther north , in the lands of the most zealous of Ro- man Catholics , and in the regions explored long since by Car- tier , that the brilliant career of French colonization in Amer- ica was to have its ...
... colonies failed at last . It was farther north , in the lands of the most zealous of Ro- man Catholics , and in the regions explored long since by Car- tier , that the brilliant career of French colonization in Amer- ica was to have its ...
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... colonies . This was in 1599 , and he wrote a report on the condition of all these regions- a report probably fuller than anything else existing at that time , inasmuch as the Spaniards systematically concealed the details of their ...
... colonies . This was in 1599 , and he wrote a report on the condition of all these regions- a report probably fuller than anything else existing at that time , inasmuch as the Spaniards systematically concealed the details of their ...
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... colonies seem to retain us in the atmosphere of those vanishing islands and enchanted cities of which the early English seamen dreamed . Raleigh sent his first colony to Virginia in 1585 , under Ralph Lane ; in 1586 he sent a ship with ...
... colonies seem to retain us in the atmosphere of those vanishing islands and enchanted cities of which the early English seamen dreamed . Raleigh sent his first colony to Virginia in 1585 , under Ralph Lane ; in 1586 he sent a ship with ...
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... colonies , the career of the little Virginia is the most touching . Governor White , going back to England for supplies soon after the birth of his grandchild , left in the colony eighty - nine men , seventeen women , and eleven ...
... colonies , the career of the little Virginia is the most touching . Governor White , going back to England for supplies soon after the birth of his grandchild , left in the colony eighty - nine men , seventeen women , and eleven ...
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Page 319 - The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Page 156 - ... covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 296 - Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare and digest the form of a confederation to be entered into between these Colonies"; which committee was appointed the next day, June 12, and consisted of a member from each Colony, namely: Mr.
Page 305 - England, sir, is a nation which still, I hope, respects, and formerly adored her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you when this part of your character was most predominant; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are, therefore, not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas and on English principles.
Page 156 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 155 - Being thus passed the vast ocean, and a sea of troubles before in their preparation (as may be remembered by that which went before), they had now no friends to welcome them nor inns to entertain or refresh their weatherbeaten bodies; no houses or much less towns to repair to, to seek for succour.
Page 163 - We will not say as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell, Babylon! Farewell, Rome ! but we will say, Farewell, dear England ! Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there...
Page 273 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost...
Page 444 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Page 268 - This committee was appointed on the 1 1th, and consisted of Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia ; John Adams, of Massachusetts ; Benjamin Franklin, of Pennsylvania ; Roger Sherman, of Connecticut ; and Robert R. Livingston, of New York.