A General History of the United States of America: From the Discovery in 1492, to 1792; Or, Sketches of the Divine Agency, in Their Settlement, Growth, and Protection; and Especially in the Late Memorable Revolution. In Three Volumes. Vol. I. Exhibiting a General View of the Principal Events, from the Discovery of North America, to the Year 1765, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 52
Page 10
... enterprise . Christopher Columbus , a man of great and daring genius , highly skilled in geography and navigation , became strong- ly impressed with the idea of a westerly passage to the Indies and of unknown regions , which time , art ...
... enterprise . Christopher Columbus , a man of great and daring genius , highly skilled in geography and navigation , became strong- ly impressed with the idea of a westerly passage to the Indies and of unknown regions , which time , art ...
Page 83
... enterprises and attempts to make settlements , 40,000l . without the aid of a shilling from the crown . Nor had the gov- ernment ever granted the least aid , nor been at the least expense for the colony , from its commence- ment to the ...
... enterprises and attempts to make settlements , 40,000l . without the aid of a shilling from the crown . Nor had the gov- ernment ever granted the least aid , nor been at the least expense for the colony , from its commence- ment to the ...
Page 84
... enterprise . The members of it were to be chosen and displaced by the voice of a majority of the company and ad- venturers . They had also the nomination and revo- cation of governours , officers , and ministers , which they should ...
... enterprise . The members of it were to be chosen and displaced by the voice of a majority of the company and ad- venturers . They had also the nomination and revo- cation of governours , officers , and ministers , which they should ...
Page 104
... enterprise . They designed it for a great trading city . They planned and were about erecting an academy ; but unhappily , their designs did not succeed . They made purchases and began settle- ments at Delaware bay , but the Dutch , to ...
... enterprise . They designed it for a great trading city . They planned and were about erecting an academy ; but unhappily , their designs did not succeed . They made purchases and began settle- ments at Delaware bay , but the Dutch , to ...
Page 108
... enterprise be as- On the dif- cribed , which animated the first colonists . The ficulty of difficulties of making settlements in new countries tlements . are hardly conceivable . Little circumstances and new set- misfortunes , which in ...
... enterprise be as- On the dif- cribed , which animated the first colonists . The ficulty of difficulties of making settlements in new countries tlements . are hardly conceivable . Little circumstances and new set- misfortunes , which in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alarm Albany America Amherst appointed arms army arrived assembly attack Attakullakulla Baron Dieskau battoes Boston Canada captain captivated Carolina CHAP charter Cherokees coast colonel colony command commenced Connecticut coun council court Crown Point defeated defence despatched dians distress enemy England English enterprise expedition fire Five Nations fleet force fort Edward fort Prince George four France freemen French frontiers garrison gave governour granted harbour honour houses hundred Hutch Indians inhabitants island killed king lake lake George lake Ontario land laws lord loss Louisburg majesty Massachusetts ment miles nearly New-England Norridgewock Nova Scotia officers party patent peace plantation planters Plymouth pounds pounds sterling proprietors province provisions Quebec Rider's Hist river royal sachem sailed sent settled settlement ships Smith's hist soon South Carolina thirty thousand tion town treaty troops twenty vessels Virginia whole number William wounded York
Popular passages
Page 210 - Corporations, or having accepted any office, civil or military, or any place of trust under the Crown, to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the Rites of the Church of England.
Page 83 - The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for the first Colony in Virginia.
Page 125 - Higansetts abutting upon the main land between the two Rivers there called or known by the several names of Connecticut and Hudson's River together also with the said River called Hudson's River and all the land from the west side of Connecticut to the East side of Delaware Bay.
Page 70 - 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 103 - That church members only should be free burgesses ; and that they only should choose magistrates among themselves, to have power of transacting all the public civil affairs of the plantation ; of making and repealing laws, dividing inheritances, deciding of differences that may arise, and doing all things and businesses of like nature.
Page 117 - Whereas we all came into these parts of America, with one and the same end, and aim; namely to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to enjoy the Liberties of the Gospel, in purity with peace.
Page 127 - Island, and bounded on the east part by the main sea and part by Hudson's river, and hath upon the west Delaware bay or river, and extended southward...
Page 70 - America, and to their successors and assigns for ever, all that part of America, lying and being in breadth, from forty degrees of northerly latitude from the equinoctial line, to forty-eight degrees of the said northerly latitude inclusively, and in length, of and within all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main lands from sea to sea...
Page 82 - IV. of sadness ; only our old friends rejoice to see us, and that it is no worse, and now hope we shall enjoy better days together. The best dish we could present them with, is a lobster, or piece of fish, without bread, or...
Page 182 - Esq., or, in his absence, to such as for the time being take care for preserving the peace and administering the laws in their Majesties' province of New York, in America.