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... colony , and carried on trade with Greenland . In 1347 the Norse records mention a ship's going to this southern colony after a load of timber . That is the last that we hear of the settle- ment . The Northmen ceased to make voyages to ...
... colony , and carried on trade with Greenland . In 1347 the Norse records mention a ship's going to this southern colony after a load of timber . That is the last that we hear of the settle- ment . The Northmen ceased to make voyages to ...
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... colonies planted at the south . Meanwhile , a party of Frenchmen dared to dis- pute the claims of Spain to the ... colony settled near the mouth of the St. John's River , Florida , and built Fort Caroline . Here they were joined by ...
... colonies planted at the south . Meanwhile , a party of Frenchmen dared to dis- pute the claims of Spain to the ... colony settled near the mouth of the St. John's River , Florida , and built Fort Caroline . Here they were joined by ...
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... colony on the western coast , but a few years afterward ( 1583 ) Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland for the British Crown . His intention was to colonize the country , but he was lost at sea . The year following ( 1584 ) , Walter ...
... colony on the western coast , but a few years afterward ( 1583 ) Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland for the British Crown . His intention was to colonize the country , but he was lost at sea . The year following ( 1584 ) , Walter ...
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... colonists encountered were generally warlike . Had they been peaceful and submissive the white settlers would probably have reduced them to slavery , as they did in the West Indies . That would have struck a serious blow at the habits ...
... colonists encountered were generally warlike . Had they been peaceful and submissive the white settlers would probably have reduced them to slavery , as they did in the West Indies . That would have struck a serious blow at the habits ...
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... COLONIES . FRENCH EXPLORATION OF WARS WITH THE INDIANS AND WITH THE FRENCH . - GENERAL VIEW OF THE COLONIES , 1600-1763 . 36 ... colony in Virginia had failed , yet the English continued to send out occasional fishing and fur - trading ...
... COLONIES . FRENCH EXPLORATION OF WARS WITH THE INDIANS AND WITH THE FRENCH . - GENERAL VIEW OF THE COLONIES , 1600-1763 . 36 ... colony in Virginia had failed , yet the English continued to send out occasional fishing and fur - trading ...
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Page x - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Page vi - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal ; coin Money ; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Page 426 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page v - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page ix - Vice-President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Page vii - No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships-of-war, in 'time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Page x - No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Page 405 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Page 402 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 157 - 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"!