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... followed further . Soon after that the country was torn to pieces with civil wars , and had no time for distant enter- prises . Thus during the sixteenth century France had very little to do with the colonization of America . There were ...
... followed further . Soon after that the country was torn to pieces with civil wars , and had no time for distant enter- prises . Thus during the sixteenth century France had very little to do with the colonization of America . There were ...
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... followed up by the French , and Spain kept possession of the country . Dreadful as these doings were , England may be said in some measure to have gained by them . The massacre of the French settlers may have done something to withhold ...
... followed up by the French , and Spain kept possession of the country . Dreadful as these doings were , England may be said in some measure to have gained by them . The massacre of the French settlers may have done something to withhold ...
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... followed , and in the end the power of the Deputies was increased by their being allowed to sit as a separate body . After that the constitution of Massachusetts underwent no important change for forty years . 3. Laws and Manners ...
... followed , and in the end the power of the Deputies was increased by their being allowed to sit as a separate body . After that the constitution of Massachusetts underwent no important change for forty years . 3. Laws and Manners ...
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... followed the principles of the English law in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries . All men who appeared to be living in a state of idleness were compelled to give an account of themselves to the Govern- ment , and all heads of ...
... followed the principles of the English law in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries . All men who appeared to be living in a state of idleness were compelled to give an account of themselves to the Govern- ment , and all heads of ...
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... one Hocking , with a vessel belonging to Lord Say and Sele , went to trade up the Kennebec . The men of Ply- mouth claimed the exclusive right of trading there , and resisted . A quarrel followed , in which Hocking shot.
... one Hocking , with a vessel belonging to Lord Say and Sele , went to trade up the Kennebec . The men of Ply- mouth claimed the exclusive right of trading there , and resisted . A quarrel followed , in which Hocking shot.
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