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... ment ; Whitney's United States , pp . 411-457 , briefly sketches the progress of geographical discovery on the Pacific coast ; an excellent résumé will also be found in H. H. Bancroft's Works ( xviii . [ vol . i . of History of ...
... ment ; Whitney's United States , pp . 411-457 , briefly sketches the progress of geographical discovery on the Pacific coast ; an excellent résumé will also be found in H. H. Bancroft's Works ( xviii . [ vol . i . of History of ...
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... ment of the New World began with the begun with Columbus . landing ( Oct. 12 , 1492 ) on an island in the Bahamas , of Christopher Columbus , the agent of Spain . It was an age of daring maritime adventure . India , whence Europe ...
... ment of the New World began with the begun with Columbus . landing ( Oct. 12 , 1492 ) on an island in the Bahamas , of Christopher Columbus , the agent of Spain . It was an age of daring maritime adventure . India , whence Europe ...
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... ment at the court of London because Spain had been the path - breaker to the west . In 1497 John Cabot set sail from England armed with a trading charter , to endeavor to reach Asia by the supposed northwest passage , the Polar Sea ...
... ment at the court of London because Spain had been the path - breaker to the west . In 1497 John Cabot set sail from England armed with a trading charter , to endeavor to reach Asia by the supposed northwest passage , the Polar Sea ...
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... ment . In the southwest , the proximity of Mexico and the milder character of the natives made it easier to maintain a settlement in what is now United States territory . In 1582 , forty years after Coronado's march , Franciscan Spanish ...
... ment . In the southwest , the proximity of Mexico and the milder character of the natives made it easier to maintain a settlement in what is now United States territory . In 1582 , forty years after Coronado's march , Franciscan Spanish ...
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... ment . It was in July , 1587 , when John White attempt . arrived with Raleigh's new colonists off the shores of North Carolina . At Roanoke , deer were quietly grazing in a field fertilized by the bones of Grenville's contingent of the ...
... ment . It was in July , 1587 , when John White attempt . arrived with Raleigh's new colonists off the shores of North Carolina . At Roanoke , deer were quietly grazing in a field fertilized by the bones of Grenville's contingent of the ...
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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.
Page 147 - We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active or passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good of the body, in an orderly way, by the major assent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together into a town fellowship, and such others whom they shall admit unto them, only in civil things.