A Pictorial History of the United StatesE.H. Butler, 1857 - 360 pagina's |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
afterward American army appointed Arnold arrived attack battle battle of Monmouth became began Boston Britain Burgoyne called Cape Captain Smith captured CHAPTER Charleston Chesapeake coast Colonel colonists colony Columbus command Commodore congress Connecticut Count D'Estaing death defend Delaware Describe discovery dollars Dutch early eight emigrants enemy England English expedition Fayette fifty fire fleet forces France French frigate Georgia Governor guns Hampshire Indians inhabitants Jamestown killed king land length Lord Lord Cornwallis loss March Massachusetts massacre Massasoit miles militia Narragansets North officer Opechancanough party passed peace Penn Pequods Philadelphia Philip Plymouth Pocahontas pounds sterling president prisoners proceeded province Putnam retreat returned Rhode Island river Roger Williams sailed Sassacus savages sent settled settlement settlers ships soldiers soon South Carolina Sullivan's Island surrender taken thousand three hundred took place town treaty tribes Trumbull twenty United vessels village Virginia voyage Washington whole winter wounded York
Populaire passages
Pagina 290 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Pagina 196 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Pagina 323 - Its responsibility has been assumed, after the most mature deliberation and reflection, as necessary to preserve the morals of the people, the freedom of the press, and the purity of the elective franchise...
Pagina 221 - Be it enacted, That all and every person and persons whatsoever, who shall hereafter teach or cause any slave or slaves to be taught to write, or shall use or employ any slave as a scribe in any manner of writing whatsoever hereafter taught to write, every such person or persons shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds current money.
Pagina 148 - I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Pagina 85 - ... to meeting on Sunday, in files on horseback, the farmer holding the bridle in one hand, and a child in the other, his wife seated on a pillion behind him, it may be with a child in her lap, as was the fashion in those days, could not proceed safely ; but, at the moment when least expected, bullets would come whizzing by them, discharged with fatal aim from an ambuscade by the way-side.
Pagina 331 - ... an act to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection, safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue...
Pagina 246 - May, 1770, my brother returned home for a new recruit of horses and ammunition ; leaving me alone, without bread, salt, or sugar, or even a horse or a dog. I passed a few days uncomfortably. The idea of a beloved wife and family, and their anxiety on my account, would have disposed me to melancholy if I had further indulged the thought. One day, I undertook a tour through the country, when the...
Pagina 319 - the Colossus of that Congress — the great pillar of support to the Declaration of Independence, and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams.
Pagina 93 - Penn came without arms ; he declared his purpose to abstain from violence; he had no message but peace; and not a drop of Quaker blood was ever shed by an Indian.