History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the ContinentAppleton, 1883 - United States |
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... constitution . SLAVERY . CHAPTER VIII . DISSOLUTION OF THE LONDON COMPANY . Early history of slavery and the slave - trade . Slavery and the slave - trade in the middle ages Slavery checked by Venice and by the church Influence of the ...
... constitution . SLAVERY . CHAPTER VIII . DISSOLUTION OF THE LONDON COMPANY . Early history of slavery and the slave - trade . Slavery and the slave - trade in the middle ages Slavery checked by Venice and by the church Influence of the ...
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... Connecticut founded on free consent Differences between Winthrop and Hooker Constitution of Connecticut . . 263 • 264 . 265 • 266 . 267 268 269 • • . 270 Government organized in New Haven · New Haven plants towns CONTENTS . xiii.
... Connecticut founded on free consent Differences between Winthrop and Hooker Constitution of Connecticut . . 263 • 264 . 265 • 266 . 267 268 269 • • . 270 Government organized in New Haven · New Haven plants towns CONTENTS . xiii.
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... constitutions for Carolina 415 . 416 Second draft of the constitutions . 419 Monk , duke of Albemarle , as palatine . The settlers at Albemarle . 420 North Carolina rejects the new constitution . George Fox . 421 Travels of Fox in North ...
... constitutions for Carolina 415 . 416 Second draft of the constitutions . 419 Monk , duke of Albemarle , as palatine . The settlers at Albemarle . 420 North Carolina rejects the new constitution . George Fox . 421 Travels of Fox in North ...
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... constitution Relations with the red men • Taxation by the duke of York successfully resisted PAGE . 545 . 546 . 547 548 . 549 Progress of the settlement It elects its own governor . The purchase of East New Jersey . 550 . 551 CHAPTER ...
... constitution Relations with the red men • Taxation by the duke of York successfully resisted PAGE . 545 . 546 . 547 548 . 549 Progress of the settlement It elects its own governor . The purchase of East New Jersey . 550 . 551 CHAPTER ...
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... constitution engages the fond admiration of the people , by which it has been established . Prosperity follows the execution of even justice ; invention is quickened by the free- dom of competition ; and labor rewarded with sure and ...
... constitution engages the fond admiration of the people , by which it has been established . Prosperity follows the execution of even justice ; invention is quickened by the free- dom of competition ; and labor rewarded with sure and ...
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Page 105 - Peace, plenty, love, truth, terror, That were the servants to this chosen infant, Shall then be his, and like a vine grow to him ; Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations...
Page 304 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest. This liberty you are to stand for, with the hazard (not only of your goods, but) of your lives, if need be. Whatsoever crosseth this, is not authority, but a distemper thereof.
Page 198 - So absolute indeed was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritans alone ; and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous and habits so ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution.
Page 215 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 236 - We shall find that the God of Israel is among us, when ten of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies, when He shall make us a praise and glory, that men shall say of succeeding plantations: "The Lord make it like that of New England.
Page 207 - ... 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.
Page 269 - They who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the power and place unto which they call them.
Page 206 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Page 70 - We found the people most gentle, loving, and faithful, void of all guile and treason and such as lived after the manner of the Golden Age.
Page 269 - ... the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser.