Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington |
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Page 50
... France , and Spain . This agreement was very imperfect , however , inasmuch as the colonies of these three powers occupied but a narrow band along the Atlantic coast ; and though their charters claimed the whole country from sea to sea ...
... France , and Spain . This agreement was very imperfect , however , inasmuch as the colonies of these three powers occupied but a narrow band along the Atlantic coast ; and though their charters claimed the whole country from sea to sea ...
Page 52
... France to Great Britain . The French having taken possession of the country and built forts in different places on the Ohio , Governor Dinwiddie , in obe- dience to the orders of the British ministry , determined to assert the right of ...
... France to Great Britain . The French having taken possession of the country and built forts in different places on the Ohio , Governor Dinwiddie , in obe- dience to the orders of the British ministry , determined to assert the right of ...
Page 67
... France , and restrain the prerogatives of the crown . With the aid thus granted , the governor was induced to increase the military force to six companies of fifty men each . With a modesty , the more rare because unaffected , and which ...
... France , and restrain the prerogatives of the crown . With the aid thus granted , the governor was induced to increase the military force to six companies of fifty men each . With a modesty , the more rare because unaffected , and which ...
Page 76
... France , and receiving , in return , nothing but pacific promises , they resolved to employ such a force in America as would compel the French to retire from their present advanced position , and , for the future , keep within their own ...
... France , and receiving , in return , nothing but pacific promises , they resolved to employ such a force in America as would compel the French to retire from their present advanced position , and , for the future , keep within their own ...
Page 88
... an able commander , had recently arrived in Canada from France , with a large reinforce- ment , and that , having collected a considerable body of Canadians and Indians , he was now advancing with great speed 88 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... an able commander , had recently arrived in Canada from France , with a large reinforce- ment , and that , having collected a considerable body of Canadians and Indians , he was now advancing with great speed 88 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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