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... command of Fernando Cortez , and treachery obtained possession of the coun- 1. The picture gives a correct representation of those armed Spaniards who attempted conquests in the New World . 2. He had been governor of Porto Rico , and ...
... command of Fernando Cortez , and treachery obtained possession of the coun- 1. The picture gives a correct representation of those armed Spaniards who attempted conquests in the New World . 2. He had been governor of Porto Rico , and ...
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... command of another expedition the following year . It was fitted out by his father and some Bristol merchants for the discovery of a northwest passage to India . He was again turned southward by ice . He discovered Newfoundland , and ...
... command of another expedition the following year . It was fitted out by his father and some Bristol merchants for the discovery of a northwest passage to India . He was again turned southward by ice . He discovered Newfoundland , and ...
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... command of Captain Christopher Newport , with one hundred and five emi- grants , to make a settlement on Roanoke island . They did not 3 1. The chief members of the company were Thomas Hanham , Sir John and Raleigh Gil- bert ( sons of ...
... command of Captain Christopher Newport , with one hundred and five emi- grants , to make a settlement on Roanoke island . They did not 3 1. The chief members of the company were Thomas Hanham , Sir John and Raleigh Gil- bert ( sons of ...
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... command devolved on Washington . The troops came up , and he pressed forward . Hearing of the approach of a large body of French and Indians , he fell back to Fort Necessity , where 1. He started with only three attendants . He was ...
... command devolved on Washington . The troops came up , and he pressed forward . Hearing of the approach of a large body of French and Indians , he fell back to Fort Necessity , where 1. He started with only three attendants . He was ...
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... command . They captured Forts Beausejour ( June 16 ) and Gaspereau ( June 17 ) . The country was soon taken possession of and terribly desolated . The sufferings of the simple Acadians ' ( who took no part in the war ) , from the ...
... command . They captured Forts Beausejour ( June 16 ) and Gaspereau ( June 17 ) . The country was soon taken possession of and terribly desolated . The sufferings of the simple Acadians ' ( who took no part in the war ) , from the ...
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Page 36 - 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 55 - 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 325 - The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Page 36 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc. Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith...
Page 36 - 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 ; 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 42 - 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 306 - The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief-Justice shall preside : And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present.
Page 348 - He has called together legislative bodies, at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the repository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
Page 324 - Delaware, December 7, 1787; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787; New Jersey, December 18, 1787; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788; South Carolina, May 23, 1788; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788; Virginia, June 26, 1788; and New York, July 26, 1788.
Page 352 - He has excited domestic insurrection among us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions.