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... Territories · 1691 Trials for witchcraft in New England . 1692 Penn grants the settlers a new charter • 1701 East and West New Jersey united under the crown Second French War 1702 1702-12 Delaware becomes a separate colony ; war in ...
... Territories · 1691 Trials for witchcraft in New England . 1692 Penn grants the settlers a new charter • 1701 East and West New Jersey united under the crown Second French War 1702 1702-12 Delaware becomes a separate colony ; war in ...
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... territory of the United States , of Canada , and some parts of Mexico . 8. Division of Races . - It must be understood that such a division as this is not like that which is usually made of the nations of Europe and Asia , when they are ...
... territory of the United States , of Canada , and some parts of Mexico . 8. Division of Races . - It must be understood that such a division as this is not like that which is usually made of the nations of Europe and Asia , when they are ...
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... territory , and was quite independent of the rest , and only in one instance do they seem to have attempted to unite in larger bodies . In the northern countries on each side of the Canadian lakes there was a league or confederacy , con ...
... territory , and was quite independent of the rest , and only in one instance do they seem to have attempted to unite in larger bodies . In the northern countries on each side of the Canadian lakes there was a league or confederacy , con ...
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... territory of Peru , and in about nine years completely overthrew the Peruvian empire . Though , as far as mere daring and skill in war go , Pizarro was little if at all behind Cortez , in other respects he was far inferior . For Cortez ...
... territory of Peru , and in about nine years completely overthrew the Peruvian empire . Though , as far as mere daring and skill in war go , Pizarro was little if at all behind Cortez , in other respects he was far inferior . For Cortez ...
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... territory more than six thousand miles long , with large and beautiful cities , and yielding in gold and silver alone more than 60,000 / a year , while England had not so much as a single fishing - village . Yet the last fifty years had ...
... territory more than six thousand miles long , with large and beautiful cities , and yielding in gold and silver alone more than 60,000 / a year , while England had not so much as a single fishing - village . Yet the last fifty years had ...
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