Exploring American HistoryChristian Liberty Press, 2007 - 360 páginas |
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... carried from thirty to sixty oarsmen who used oars twenty feet long . A single mast and only one sail , both of which could be taken down when not in use , completed what would seem to us a strange ship . But they were well - built ...
... carried from thirty to sixty oarsmen who used oars twenty feet long . A single mast and only one sail , both of which could be taken down when not in use , completed what would seem to us a strange ship . But they were well - built ...
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... carried in a man's hand . He called to a companion and asked him if he could see anything of the kind . Yes , he , too , plainly saw the moving light , but soon it disappeared . Two hours after midnight a cannon was fired from the ...
... carried in a man's hand . He called to a companion and asked him if he could see anything of the kind . Yes , he , too , plainly saw the moving light , but soon it disappeared . Two hours after midnight a cannon was fired from the ...
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... carrying rare birds , plants , and gold and silver ornaments , all found in the New World . These were presents for the king and queen . Ferdinand and Isabella received Columbus with great honor . When he had told them the story of his ...
... carrying rare birds , plants , and gold and silver ornaments , all found in the New World . These were presents for the king and queen . Ferdinand and Isabella received Columbus with great honor . When he had told them the story of his ...
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... carried to San Domingo , where he had wished to be buried . It is hard to say where the body of Columbus found its final resting place . But wherever the grave of the great sailor may be , his memory will live in every heart capable of ...
... carried to San Domingo , where he had wished to be buried . It is hard to say where the body of Columbus found its final resting place . But wherever the grave of the great sailor may be , his memory will live in every heart capable of ...
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... when the captain , richly dressed in silk , appeared in the street , the people of Bristol would run after him and cheer for the " Great Admiral , " as they called him . What the Cabots carried back to England from America . -20- John ...
... when the captain , richly dressed in silk , appeared in the street , the people of Bristol would run after him and cheer for the " Great Admiral , " as they called him . What the Cabots carried back to England from America . -20- John ...
Contenido
XXIII | 180 |
XXIV | 185 |
XXV | 193 |
XXVI | 200 |
XXVII | 209 |
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 |
Términos y frases comunes
American army attack battle became began begin believed Born Boston British build built called Captain carried chief church colonies Columbus command communist Congress Constitution died discovered early elected emigrants England English Europe father fight fire forces fought Franklin gave George German give governor Hudson hundred independence Indians invented island Italy Jackson James John killed king known land later leaders leave Lincoln lived look Lord machine marched meeting miles move named never North Panama peace Philadelphia piece Pilgrims President prisoners Quakers Questions reached River sailed sent settlement settlers ship soldiers soon South South Korea Spain stop things thought thousand took tree tried Union United vessels Virginia voyage wanted Washington woods York young
Pasajes populares
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.