A Junior Class History of the United States: To which are Added the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States ...Maynard, Merrill & Company, 1899 - 382 pages |
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... victory was achieved in 1745. Three years afterward the war ended ( 1748 ) . 16. French and Indian War . The previous wars * This fortress was called the " Gibraltar of America , " on account of its great strength . It was given back to ...
... victory was achieved in 1745. Three years afterward the war ended ( 1748 ) . 16. French and Indian War . The previous wars * This fortress was called the " Gibraltar of America , " on account of its great strength . It was given back to ...
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... victory ; * and * " See how they run , ' one of the officers exclaimed , as the French fled in con- fusion before the leveled bayonets . ' Who run ? ' demanded Wolfe , opening his eyes 35. Result of this victory ? Montcalm , being ...
... victory ; * and * " See how they run , ' one of the officers exclaimed , as the French fled in con- fusion before the leveled bayonets . ' Who run ? ' demanded Wolfe , opening his eyes 35. Result of this victory ? Montcalm , being ...
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... victory really decided the war . surrendered to an overwhelming force under Amherst , the next year ; and thus the whole of Canada became the property of the English . In 1763 , a treaty of peace was signed at Paris , by the terms of ...
... victory really decided the war . surrendered to an overwhelming force under Amherst , the next year ; and thus the whole of Canada became the property of the English . In 1763 , a treaty of peace was signed at Paris , by the terms of ...
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... victory ; but he delayed , $ GENERAL PUTNAM and Washington , taking advan- tage of a fog , skillfully drew off his shattered forces to New York ( Aug. 29 ) . * Howe , chagrined at the escape of his expected prey , quickly fol- lowed ...
... victory ; but he delayed , $ GENERAL PUTNAM and Washington , taking advan- tage of a fog , skillfully drew off his shattered forces to New York ( Aug. 29 ) . * Howe , chagrined at the escape of his expected prey , quickly fol- lowed ...
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... victory , Washington successfully retreated to the heights of Mor- ristown , where he took up his quarters for the rest of the winter . 21. Attack on Philadelphia . - In vain did Howe , on the opening of spring , strive to draw ...
... victory , Washington successfully retreated to the heights of Mor- ristown , where he took up his quarters for the rest of the winter . 21. Attack on Philadelphia . - In vain did Howe , on the opening of spring , strive to draw ...
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Page 146 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country...
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Page 94 - Where the dark scorpion gathers death around, Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake, Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more murderous still than they; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravaged landscape with the skies.
Page 2 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 3 - He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 23 - To receive him with suitable pomp and distinction, the sovereigns had ordered their throne to be placed in public, under a rich canopy of brocade of gold, in a vast and splendid saloon. Here the king and queen awaited his arrival, seated in state, with the prince Juan beside them, and attended by the dignitaries of their court, and the principal nobility of Castile...
Page 7 - Delaware, December 7, 1787. Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787. New Jersey, December 18, 1787. Georgia, January 2, 1788. Connecticut, January 9, 1788. Massachusetts, February 6, 1788. Maryland, April 28, 1788. South Carolina. May 23, 1788. New Hampshire, June 21, 1788.
Page 238 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 16 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.