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... Englishmen in planting colonies in America brought with them the institutions with which they had been familiar at home : it is shown what these institutions were , and how , in adapting themselves to new conditions of growth , they ...
... Englishmen in planting colonies in America brought with them the institutions with which they had been familiar at home : it is shown what these institutions were , and how , in adapting themselves to new conditions of growth , they ...
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... Englishmen met in the Indian so formidable an antagonist : such fierce and untamed sav- on the colo- ages could never be held long as slaves ; and thus were the American colonists of the North the bone and sinew of the nation - saved ...
... Englishmen met in the Indian so formidable an antagonist : such fierce and untamed sav- on the colo- ages could never be held long as slaves ; and thus were the American colonists of the North the bone and sinew of the nation - saved ...
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... Englishmen until the seventeenth century . The great Mississippi basin had been visited by a few Spanish overland wan- derers , but as yet was practically forgotten and unclaimed , except so far as it was included in the undefined ...
... Englishmen until the seventeenth century . The great Mississippi basin had been visited by a few Spanish overland wan- derers , but as yet was practically forgotten and unclaimed , except so far as it was included in the undefined ...
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... Englishmen to the Atlantic slope . The Spaniards were brave , and they could rule with severity . But they thirsted for adven- ture , conquest , and wealth , for which their appetite was early encouraged ; their progress in Mexico ...
... Englishmen to the Atlantic slope . The Spaniards were brave , and they could rule with severity . But they thirsted for adven- ture , conquest , and wealth , for which their appetite was early encouraged ; their progress in Mexico ...
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... be rich , because the climate was temperate and not unlike that of England , because there was plenty of room , and because the unknown land attracted the adventurous . Their cha- Englishmen were soon found to be the best.
... be rich , because the climate was temperate and not unlike that of England , because there was plenty of room , and because the unknown land attracted the adventurous . Their cha- Englishmen were soon found to be the best.
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Page 107 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 118 - In ye name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwriten, the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord, King James, by ye grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &c., haveing undertaken, for ye glorie of God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king & countrie...
Page 143 - They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the...
Page 156 - ... the United Colonies of New England. 2. The said United Colonies for themselves and their posterities do jointly and severally hereby enter into a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence and defence, mutual advice and succor upon all just occasions both for preserving and propagating the truth and liberties of the Gospel and for their own mutual safety and welfare.
Page 71 - Our men were destroyed with cruel diseases, as swellings, flixes, burning fevers, and by wars; and some departed suddenly. But for the most part they died of mere famine. There were never Englishmen left in a foreign country in such misery as we were, in this new discovered Virginia.
Page 147 - We, whose names are underwritten do here solemnly in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick, and as he shall help, will submit our persons, lives and estates, unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of his given us in his holy word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby.
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