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... town in the United States . He then attacked the French colony , took it by surprise , and butchered everybody , men , women , and children , some seven hundred in all ; a very few escaped to the woods , and after various adventures ...
... town in the United States . He then attacked the French colony , took it by surprise , and butchered everybody , men , women , and children , some seven hundred in all ; a very few escaped to the woods , and after various adventures ...
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... doing enormous damage to the Canadian settlements . In 1689 they even attacked Montreal , and roasted and devoured their prisoners in full sight of the terror- stricken town . This hostility of the Iroquois kept the OF NORTH AMERICA . 11.
... doing enormous damage to the Canadian settlements . In 1689 they even attacked Montreal , and roasted and devoured their prisoners in full sight of the terror- stricken town . This hostility of the Iroquois kept the OF NORTH AMERICA . 11.
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... town . This hostility of the Iroquois kept the French away from the Hudson river until it was too late for them to con- tend successfully for the mastery of New York . But for this cir- cumstance the French might have succeeded in ...
... town . This hostility of the Iroquois kept the French away from the Hudson river until it was too late for them to con- tend successfully for the mastery of New York . But for this cir- cumstance the French might have succeeded in ...
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... town might no longer afford a shelter to the tyrant . A few days afterward he was seized with a malarial fever , and died , and the rebellion forthwith collapsed for want of a leader . Twenty - two of his principal followers were tried ...
... town might no longer afford a shelter to the tyrant . A few days afterward he was seized with a malarial fever , and died , and the rebellion forthwith collapsed for want of a leader . Twenty - two of his principal followers were tried ...
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... town soon grew up , which they called New Amsterdam . As their object was trade rather than agriculture , their posts were soon established along the Hudson river and toward the valley of the Mohawk , in 24 DISCOVERY AND COLONIZATION.
... town soon grew up , which they called New Amsterdam . As their object was trade rather than agriculture , their posts were soon established along the Hudson river and toward the valley of the Mohawk , in 24 DISCOVERY AND COLONIZATION.
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Page 132 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Page 120 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 521 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery, in this country, may be abolished by law.
Page 148 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Page 134 - 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 96 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 75 - I am to proceed to Niagara; and, having taken that. to Frontenac, if the season will allow time ; and I suppose it will, for Duquesne can hardly detain me above three or four days; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara.
Page 142 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 31 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.
Page 141 - To these grievous acts and measures Americans cannot submit : but in hopes their fellow subjects in Great Britain will, on a revision of them, restore us to that state, in which both countries found happiness and prosperity, we have, for the present, only resolved to pursue the following peaceable measures : 1.