A History of the United States for Schools: Including a Concise Account of the Discovery of America, the Colonization of the Land, and the Revolutionary War |
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... LosS OF NEW YORK CITY XLII . DEFENCE OF NEW JERSEY XLIII . XLIV . BRANDYWINE AND GERMANTOWN BURGOYNE'S EXPEDITION XLV . VALLEY FORGE AND MONMOUTH XLVI . STONY POINT AND PAUL JONES XLVII . WAR IN THE SOUTH . • 131 134 135 138 142 145 147 ...
... LosS OF NEW YORK CITY XLII . DEFENCE OF NEW JERSEY XLIII . XLIV . BRANDYWINE AND GERMANTOWN BURGOYNE'S EXPEDITION XLV . VALLEY FORGE AND MONMOUTH XLVI . STONY POINT AND PAUL JONES XLVII . WAR IN THE SOUTH . • 131 134 135 138 142 145 147 ...
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... loss because of their devotion to the king , and only yielded to Parliament when , in 1651 , it was evident that a further contest was useless . When the Duke of York , James II . , gave a part ownership of New Jersey to Carteret , it ...
... loss because of their devotion to the king , and only yielded to Parliament when , in 1651 , it was evident that a further contest was useless . When the Duke of York , James II . , gave a part ownership of New Jersey to Carteret , it ...
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... loss . 110. War general . Soon after this , Captain Endicott proceeded against Block Island , which was inhabited by Pequots , killed many Indians , destroyed their wigwams and supplies , and then sailed away to the Connecticut coast ...
... loss . 110. War general . Soon after this , Captain Endicott proceeded against Block Island , which was inhabited by Pequots , killed many Indians , destroyed their wigwams and supplies , and then sailed away to the Connecticut coast ...
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... loss of the English was comparatively small , not exceeding twenty - five killed and wounded . Indian Snow Shoes . - 112. Results . The war had been a terrible one . It was char- acterized by much personal bravery . A large proportion ...
... loss of the English was comparatively small , not exceeding twenty - five killed and wounded . Indian Snow Shoes . - 112. Results . The war had been a terrible one . It was char- acterized by much personal bravery . A large proportion ...
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... loss in property was not less than half a million of dollars , a large sum for those days , and as great in proportion as the cost of the Revolutionary War was for the nation a hundred years later . More than six hundred buildings had ...
... loss in property was not less than half a million of dollars , a large sum for those days , and as great in proportion as the cost of the Revolutionary War was for the nation a hundred years later . More than six hundred buildings had ...
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