History of the United States from 986 to 1905Harper & Brothers, 1905 - 632 pagine |
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Pagina 144
... political move- ment , planned in 1606 and revived in 1618 - a scheme to destroy the results of Spanish conquest in America , under cover of finding a passage to Cathay . Henry Hudson sailed in the employ of this com- pany , in the ...
... political move- ment , planned in 1606 and revived in 1618 - a scheme to destroy the results of Spanish conquest in America , under cover of finding a passage to Cathay . Henry Hudson sailed in the employ of this com- pany , in the ...
Pagina 196
... political trans- action - than in the Quaker persecutions which took place between 1656 and 1660. Whatever minor ele- ments may have entered into the matter , these were undoubtedly persecutions based on religious grounds , and are ...
... political trans- action - than in the Quaker persecutions which took place between 1656 and 1660. Whatever minor ele- ments may have entered into the matter , these were undoubtedly persecutions based on religious grounds , and are ...
Pagina 219
... political econ- omist of 1690 , in a tract included in the Harleian Miscellany , pointed out that there were two classes of colonies in America ; that England need have no jealousy of those which raised only sugar and tobacco and thus ...
... political econ- omist of 1690 , in a tract included in the Harleian Miscellany , pointed out that there were two classes of colonies in America ; that England need have no jealousy of those which raised only sugar and tobacco and thus ...
Pagina 220
... political education for the people . Those who had called themselves Whigs gradually took the name of Pa- triots , and from Patriots they became " Sons of Liberty . " Every successive measure struck at once the double chord of ...
... political education for the people . Those who had called themselves Whigs gradually took the name of Pa- triots , and from Patriots they became " Sons of Liberty . " Every successive measure struck at once the double chord of ...
Pagina 231
... political status to the laboring class in the northern colonies , but not in those where slavery prevailed and the laboring class was of a different race , We naturally do not obtain from the books of the period so clear a picture of ...
... political status to the laboring class in the northern colonies , but not in those where slavery prevailed and the laboring class was of a different race , We naturally do not obtain from the books of the period so clear a picture of ...
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History of the United States from 986 to 1905 Thomas Wentworth Higginson,William MacDonald Visualizzazione completa - 1905 |
History of the United States from 986 to 1905 Thomas Wentworth Higginson,William MacDonald Visualizzazione completa - 1905 |
History of the United States from 986 to 1905 Thomas Wentworth Higginson,William MacDonald Visualizzazione completa - 1905 |
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Pagina 465 - That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.
Pagina 445 - I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the...
Pagina 149 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Pagina 284 - Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare and digest the form of a confederation to be entered into between these Colonies"; which committee was appointed the next day, June 12, and consisted of a member from each Colony, namely: Mr.
Pagina 524 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Pagina 291 - England, sir, is a nation which still, I hope, respects, and formerly adored her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you when this part of your character was most predominant; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are, therefore, not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas and on English principles.
Pagina 503 - On the contrary, they were at that time considered as a subordinate and inferior class of beings, who had been subjugated by the dominant race, and, whether emancipated or not, yet remained subject to their authority, and had no rights or privileges but such as those who held the power and the Government might choose to grant them.
Pagina 473 - That, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty that may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Pagina 149 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Pagina 148 - Being thus passed the vast ocean, and a sea of troubles before in their preparation (as may be remembered by that which went before), they had now no friends to welcome them nor inns to entertain or refresh their weatherbeaten bodies; no houses or much less towns to repair to, to seek for succour.