The National Hand-book of American Progress: Comprising a Ready Reference Manual of Facts and Figures, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Historical, Biographical, Statistical, Documentary, Financial, PoliticalErastus Otis Haven |
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... settled by adventurers , but both Greek and Roman pioneers hastened to declare them- selves masters and to reduce to slavery the large mass of the population around them . These early Americans were free simply because they were neg ...
... settled by adventurers , but both Greek and Roman pioneers hastened to declare them- selves masters and to reduce to slavery the large mass of the population around them . These early Americans were free simply because they were neg ...
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... settled by a colony from Norway under Earl Ingloff , who sought refuge from tyranny at home . 985 Greenland ... settled St. Augustine , Florida . 1602 May 24. Bartholomew Gosnold discovered Cape Cod . 1605 The French settled Port Royal ...
... settled by a colony from Norway under Earl Ingloff , who sought refuge from tyranny at home . 985 Greenland ... settled St. Augustine , Florida . 1602 May 24. Bartholomew Gosnold discovered Cape Cod . 1605 The French settled Port Royal ...
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... settled Port Royal , Nova Scotia . 1607 May 23. The English settled Jamestown , Virginia . 1608 July 3. The French under Champlain settled Quebec . 1609 Sept. 21. Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River . 1614 The Dutch settled New ...
... settled Port Royal , Nova Scotia . 1607 May 23. The English settled Jamestown , Virginia . 1608 July 3. The French under Champlain settled Quebec . 1609 Sept. 21. Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River . 1614 The Dutch settled New ...
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... settled . 1682 Pennsylvania settled at Philadelphia . Aug. 31. Delaware granted to Wm . Penn by the Duke of York . 1686 Dec. 30. Andros arrived at Boston as Governor of New England . 1689 July 7 . King William's War commenced.— Cause ...
... settled . 1682 Pennsylvania settled at Philadelphia . Aug. 31. Delaware granted to Wm . Penn by the Duke of York . 1686 Dec. 30. Andros arrived at Boston as Governor of New England . 1689 July 7 . King William's War commenced.— Cause ...
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... settlement of a long - disputed question between Eng- land and France for colonial supremacy in Amer- ica . England claimed the territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific by virtue of the discovery of the Atlantic Coast under Cabot ...
... settlement of a long - disputed question between Eng- land and France for colonial supremacy in Amer- ica . England claimed the territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific by virtue of the discovery of the Atlantic Coast under Cabot ...
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NATL HAND-BK OF AMER PROGRESS E. O. (Erastus Otis) 1820-1881 Haven,Joseph 1823 Sanderson,T. E. (Thomas Edgar) Willson No preview available - 2016 |
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