...instrument was called Articles of Confederation, and by it the respective colonies entered into a "firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity, for offence...gospel, and for their own mutual safety and welfare." The different colonies were to retain their own jurisdiction and government. No two confederate colonies...

...perpettiHl league of friendship and amity for offence ana defence, mutual advice and mtocor, upon nil Just occasions, both for preserving and propagating...Gospel, and for their own mutual safety and welfare.' * * * Of this confederation which ' offers the first example of coalition in colonial story, and showed...

...colonies and their dependen. cics under the name of ' The United Colonies of New Enflfand, in a ' firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence...preserving and propagating the truth and liberties of tlie Gospel, and for their own mutual safety and welfare.' * * * Of this confederation which l otters...

...Connecticut, New Haven, and Massachusetts, and their dependencies, bound themselves together in "a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence...Gospel, and for their own mutual safety and welfare," under the name of "the United Colonies of New England." The reasons given for making the confederation...

...Connecticut, New Haven, and Massachusetts, and their dependencies, bound themselves together in "a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence...truth and liberties of the Gospel, and for their own * It was on the thirty-first of August of that year that some of the magistrates and ministers of Connecticut...

...of " The United Colonies of New England," in "a firm and perpetual league of friendship and unity, for offence and defence, mutual advice and succor,...Gospel, and for their own mutual safety and welfare." The league was formed for mutual protection against the Indians, and from a natural tendency in the...

...colonies and their dependencies under the name of ' The Unite'i Colonies of Ncut England. In a ' firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence and defence, mutual advice and succor, upon nil Just occasions, both for preserving and propagating the truth and liberties of the Gospel, and...

...Colonies of New England. By the articles of agreement, these four plantations entered into a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity, for offence and defence, mutual advice and succour, upon all just occasions. Complete jurisdiction in local affairs was secured to each of the...

...name " The United Colonies of New England." This union was both civil and ecclesiastical, "a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence...gospel, and for their own mutual safety and welfare." n As this union was the forerunner of the United States in its civil relations, it was also the forerunner...

...a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity, of offence and defence, mutual aid and succour upon all just occasions, both for preserving and propagating the truth and liberty of the gospel, and for their own mutual safety and welfare," under the name of The United Colonies...