Studies in American History: A Survey of American History Source ExtractsMiller, 1898 - United States |
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... England were certainly rare enthusiasts . It is amusing to notice in the proceedings of the Council for New England , 1622 , the following item : · at It is agreed that ye Councell meet the Morrow Sr. Ferd : Gorges Lodgings for ...
... England were certainly rare enthusiasts . It is amusing to notice in the proceedings of the Council for New England , 1622 , the following item : · at It is agreed that ye Councell meet the Morrow Sr. Ferd : Gorges Lodgings for ...
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... England and Eng- land helpfull to them , and for the bringing the severall Col- onies and Plantacons , within themselves , into a more certaine civill and uniforme of goveremt and for the better ordering and distributeing of publique ...
... England and Eng- land helpfull to them , and for the bringing the severall Col- onies and Plantacons , within themselves , into a more certaine civill and uniforme of goveremt and for the better ordering and distributeing of publique ...
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... England in so high a measure as to deserve so high a punishment . . and we likewise . desire that no greater punishments be inflicted upon offenders than are allowed and met by the laws of our native country . - Hutch- inson . · 1653 ...
... England in so high a measure as to deserve so high a punishment . . and we likewise . desire that no greater punishments be inflicted upon offenders than are allowed and met by the laws of our native country . - Hutch- inson . · 1653 ...
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... England being every way equal ( if not superior ) with the most of the best . Tobacco only was the business , and for ought that I could hear every man madded upon that little thought or looked for anything else . - Virginia Historical ...
... England being every way equal ( if not superior ) with the most of the best . Tobacco only was the business , and for ought that I could hear every man madded upon that little thought or looked for anything else . - Virginia Historical ...
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... ther was no hope of their continuance ther [ in England ] resolved to goe into ye Low - countries , wher they heard was freedom of Religion for all men . [ And from their wanderings and travels it came that 16 AMERICAN HISTORY STUDIES.
... ther was no hope of their continuance ther [ in England ] resolved to goe into ye Low - countries , wher they heard was freedom of Religion for all men . [ And from their wanderings and travels it came that 16 AMERICAN HISTORY STUDIES.
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Page 88 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Page 92 - That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary " The motion for postponing was seconded by Mr.
Page 214 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord.
Page 213 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 133 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 213 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs.
Page 133 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?
Page 214 - In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
Page 64 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 168 - I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races...