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Why the Pilgrims wished to leave Holland and go to America. The Pilgrims were
not happy in Holland. They saw that, if they stayed in that country, their children
would grow up to be more Dutch than English. They saw too that they could not ...
Why the Pilgrims wished to leave Holland and go to America. The Pilgrims were
not happy in Holland. They saw that, if they stayed in that country, their children
would grow up to be more Dutch than English. They saw too that they could not ...
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The Pilgrims liked the name, and so made up their minds to keep it. The
Mayflower soon sailed for Plymouth, and the Pilgrims began to build the log
cabins of their little settlement. Sickness and Death. During that first winter nearly
half the ...
The Pilgrims liked the name, and so made up their minds to keep it. The
Mayflower soon sailed for Plymouth, and the Pilgrims began to build the log
cabins of their little settlement. Sickness and Death. During that first winter nearly
half the ...
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When the Pilgrims had their first Thanksgiving feast to thank God for His
blessings, they invited Massasoit and his men to come and share it. The Indians
brought venison and other good things; there were plenty of wild turkeys roasted;
and so ...
When the Pilgrims had their first Thanksgiving feast to thank God for His
blessings, they invited Massasoit and his men to come and share it. The Indians
brought venison and other good things; there were plenty of wild turkeys roasted;
and so ...
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The next day the Pilgrims and the Indians met in a log cabin. Standish made a
sign to one of his men, and he shut the door fast. Then the captain sprang like a
tiger at the big warrior who had laughed at him, and snatching his long knife from
...
The next day the Pilgrims and the Indians met in a log cabin. Standish made a
sign to one of his men, and he shut the door fast. Then the captain sprang like a
tiger at the big warrior who had laughed at him, and snatching his long knife from
...
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The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, New England, in 1620. One of the chief men
who came with them was Captain Miles Standish. Had it not been for his help, the
Indians might have destroyed the settlement. In 1630 Governor John Winthrop, ...
The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, New England, in 1620. One of the chief men
who came with them was Captain Miles Standish. Had it not been for his help, the
Indians might have destroyed the settlement. In 1630 Governor John Winthrop, ...
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XXVIII | 215 |
XXIX | 230 |
XXX | 238 |
XXXI | 242 |
XXXII | 246 |
XXXIII | 253 |
XXXIV | 275 |
XXXV | 292 |
XXXVI | 311 |
XXXVII | 321 |
XXXVIII | 334 |
XXXIX | 346 |
XL | 360 |
XLI | 361 |
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Página 174 - 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.
Página 349 - It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the Federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or to the people.
Página 199 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia ; because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Página 99 - I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, "You are young, and have the world before you; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
Página 173 - Who are the parties to it? The people — but not the people as composing one great body; but the people as composing thirteen sovereignties. Were it, as the gentleman asserts, a consolidated government, the assent of a majority of the people would be sufficient for its establishment, and as a majority have adopted it already, the remaining States would be bound by the act of the majority, even if they unanimously reprobated it. Were it such a government as is suggested, it would be now binding on...
Página 175 - State are placed, engages us to make these assurances on their behalf, of their attachment and friendship to their sister States, and of their disposition to cultivate mutual harmony and friendly intercourse.
Página 100 - My companion at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work.