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 66
... measures to repel the French , and ordered their officers , in case of invasion , to oppose force by force , promising the aid of the mother country if it should be necessary . The danger being equally great to all the colonies , a ...
... measures to repel the French , and ordered their officers , in case of invasion , to oppose force by force , promising the aid of the mother country if it should be necessary . The danger being equally great to all the colonies , a ...
Page 67
... measures . It was with the greatest difficulty that he obtained from them an appropriation of ten thousand pounds , and even that was voted " for the encourage- ment and protection of the settlers on the Mississippi ; " the legis ...
... measures . It was with the greatest difficulty that he obtained from them an appropriation of ten thousand pounds , and even that was voted " for the encourage- ment and protection of the settlers on the Mississippi ; " the legis ...
Page 99
... measures are taken by the Assembly , and speedy assistance sent from below , the poor inha- bitants that are now in forts must unavoidably fall , while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe . In fine , the melancholy ...
... measures are taken by the Assembly , and speedy assistance sent from below , the poor inha- bitants that are now in forts must unavoidably fall , while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe . In fine , the melancholy ...
Page 106
... measures always urged on those by whom he was commanded ; manifested an ardent and enterprising mind tempered by judgment , and quickly improved by experience . " * FORT TICONDEROGA . CHAPTER VII . Conquest of Canada . BRITISH INFANTRY ...
... measures always urged on those by whom he was commanded ; manifested an ardent and enterprising mind tempered by judgment , and quickly improved by experience . " * FORT TICONDEROGA . CHAPTER VII . Conquest of Canada . BRITISH INFANTRY ...
Page 109
... measures of the cabinet . But the spirit of the nation being now aroused , forced into power William Pitt , afterwards Earl of Chatham , the most able and accomplished statesman that Britain had yet produced . Disap- proving military ...
... measures of the cabinet . But the spirit of the nation being now aroused , forced into power William Pitt , afterwards Earl of Chatham , the most able and accomplished statesman that Britain had yet produced . Disap- proving military ...
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