Exploring American HistoryChristian Liberty Press, 2007 - 360 páginas |
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... father was a wool - comber . Christopher did not want to learn that trade , but wanted to become a sailor . Seeing the boy's strong liking for the sea , his father sent him to a school where he could learn geography , map - drawing ...
... father was a wool - comber . Christopher did not want to learn that trade , but wanted to become a sailor . Seeing the boy's strong liking for the sea , his father sent him to a school where he could learn geography , map - drawing ...
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... father and mother and all the rest of the settlers , disappeared . It is supposed that they were killed by the Indians or that they wandered away and starved to death ; but all that we really know is that not one of them was ever seen ...
... father and mother and all the rest of the settlers , disappeared . It is supposed that they were killed by the Indians or that they wandered away and starved to death ; but all that we really know is that not one of them was ever seen ...
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... Father of Virginia . " Black slaves sent to Virginia ; tobacco . About ten years after Captain Smith left Jamestown , the commander of a Dutch ship brought many black slaves to Virginia ( 1619 ) and sold them to the settlers . That was ...
... Father of Virginia . " Black slaves sent to Virginia ; tobacco . About ten years after Captain Smith left Jamestown , the commander of a Dutch ship brought many black slaves to Virginia ( 1619 ) and sold them to the settlers . That was ...
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... Father White in irons and sent him back to England as a prisoner . Lord Baltimore had spent a great deal of money in building up the settlement , but his right to the land was taken away from him for a time , and all who dared to defend ...
... Father White in irons and sent him back to England as a prisoner . Lord Baltimore had spent a great deal of money in building up the settlement , but his right to the land was taken away from him for a time , and all who dared to defend ...
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... father's place , and the other called Philip . They both lived near Mount Hope , in Rhode Island . The governor of Plymouth heard that Wamsutta was stirring up the Indians to make war on the settlers , and he ordered the Indian chief to ...
... father's place , and the other called Philip . They both lived near Mount Hope , in Rhode Island . The governor of Plymouth heard that Wamsutta was stirring up the Indians to make war on the settlers , and he ordered the Indian chief to ...
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
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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.