History of the United States: For the Use of Common SchoolsThomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1839 - 324 páginas |
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... soon fitted out for the occupation of Florida ; and its departure from Spain was hastened by the report , that the country was already in possession of a company of settlers doubly obnoxious to the Spaniards on account of their nation ...
... soon fitted out for the occupation of Florida ; and its departure from Spain was hastened by the report , that the country was already in possession of a company of settlers doubly obnoxious to the Spaniards on account of their nation ...
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... soon discovered to be worthless earth . ( 1577. ) A subsequent voyage was attended with a simi- lar result . The plan of colonisation was , meanwhile , revived by Sir Humphrey Gilbert , a man of intelligence and singular intrepidity ...
... soon discovered to be worthless earth . ( 1577. ) A subsequent voyage was attended with a simi- lar result . The plan of colonisation was , meanwhile , revived by Sir Humphrey Gilbert , a man of intelligence and singular intrepidity ...
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... soon fitted out a new expedition of seven vessels , carrying one hundred and eight settlers under the direction of Ralph Lane , who was appointed governor of the colony . Sir Richard Grenville , Hariot , Cavendish , and other ...
... soon fitted out a new expedition of seven vessels , carrying one hundred and eight settlers under the direction of Ralph Lane , who was appointed governor of the colony . Sir Richard Grenville , Hariot , Cavendish , and other ...
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... soon as they began to suspect them of a design to supplant themselves in the possession of the soil . They formed a conspiracy to massacre the English , and even thought of abandoning their fields in order to drive them away by famine ...
... soon as they began to suspect them of a design to supplant themselves in the possession of the soil . They formed a conspiracy to massacre the English , and even thought of abandoning their fields in order to drive them away by famine ...
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... soon entered the river Powhatan , which in honour of the king was called James river ; and , after seventeen days ' search , fixed upon the peninsula of Jamestown , about fifty miles above the mouth of the stream , as a suitable site ...
... soon entered the river Powhatan , which in honour of the king was called James river ; and , after seventeen days ' search , fixed upon the peninsula of Jamestown , about fifty miles above the mouth of the stream , as a suitable site ...
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Términos y frases comunes
administration affairs afterwards American appointed army arrived artillery assembly attack attempt battle Boston Britain British British army Burgoyne campaign Canada Captain captured Charleston charter chief Clinton Colonel colonists colony command commenced commissioners compelled congress Connecticut Count d'Estaing declared defeat defence Delaware detachment Duke of York Dutch effect emigrants enemy England English expedition favour fire fleet force Fort Edward France French garrison governor granted hostilities Indians inhabitants Island Jersey killed king land legislature Leisler Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon loss Massachusetts measure ment miles militia North officers parliament party passed peace Penn Philadelphia Port possession president prisoners proceeded proprietaries province received reinforcements retired retreat returned Rhode Island river royal Sackett's Harbour sailed Savannah sent settled settlement settlers ships siege Sir Henry Clinton soon South Carolina Spaniards squadron succeeded surrender territory tion took place town treaty troops United vessels Virginia Washington William wounded York
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Página 315 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
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Página 52 - 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...
Página 315 - The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Página 311 - ... 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.
Página 313 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Página 315 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.