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... Virginia , 47.-II. New York , 56. - III . Massachusetts , 58.- IV . New Hampshire , 63.-V. Maryland , 64.-VI. Connecticut , 66. - VII . Rhode Island , 70 . VIII . Delaware , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania , 72.-IX. The Carolinas , 76.-X ...
... Virginia , 47.-II. New York , 56. - III . Massachusetts , 58.- IV . New Hampshire , 63.-V. Maryland , 64.-VI. Connecticut , 66. - VII . Rhode Island , 70 . VIII . Delaware , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania , 72.-IX. The Carolinas , 76.-X ...
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... Virginia , eastern North Carolina above 1. They believed every animal to have had a great original , or father . The first buffalo , the first bear , the first beaver , the first eagle , etc. , was the Manitou of the whole race of the ...
... Virginia , eastern North Carolina above 1. They believed every animal to have had a great original , or father . The first buffalo , the first bear , the first beaver , the first eagle , etc. , was the Manitou of the whole race of the ...
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... Virginia , it is believed that not one representative on earth remains , or that one tongue speaks their dialect . 9 11. South of the Powhatans , on the Atlantic coast , were the Corees , Che- raws , and other small tribes , occupying ...
... Virginia , it is believed that not one representative on earth remains , or that one tongue speaks their dialect . 9 11. South of the Powhatans , on the Atlantic coast , were the Corees , Che- raws , and other small tribes , occupying ...
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... Virginia , were the Tuscaroras and a few smaller Iroquois tribes . 1. Verse 14 , page 110 . 3. Verse 35 , page 104. 4. Verse 48 , page 168 . 5. Verse 1 , page 90 . 6. Verse 35 , page 104 . 7. Verse 47 , page 168 . 8. The Southern ...
... Virginia , were the Tuscaroras and a few smaller Iroquois tribes . 1. Verse 14 , page 110 . 3. Verse 35 , page 104. 4. Verse 48 , page 168 . 5. Verse 1 , page 90 . 6. Verse 35 , page 104 . 7. Verse 47 , page 168 . 8. The Southern ...
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... Where and how did the English attempt settlements in America ? 1. What events led to the efforts of England to plant settlements in the middle regions of America ? Scheme of Gilbert and Raleigh . Roanoke . Virginia named 40 DISCOVERIES .
... Where and how did the English attempt settlements in America ? 1. What events led to the efforts of England to plant settlements in the middle regions of America ? Scheme of Gilbert and Raleigh . Roanoke . Virginia named 40 DISCOVERIES .
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Page 365 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually Invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 194 - Mr. President — Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me, in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust.
Page 363 - Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him,, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill. SECTION.
Page 354 - ... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Page 358 - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
Page 351 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No, — men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a state...
Page 193 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Page 146 - London, duty free ; but prohibited the erection or continuance of any mill, or other engine, for slitting or rolling iron, or any plating forge to work with a tilt-hammer, or any furnace for making steel, in the colonies, under the penalty of two hundred pounds.
Page 351 - What constitutes a state? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No : MEN, high-minded MEN...
Page 62 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof 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.