History of the American Revolution: With a Preliminary View of the Character and Principles of the Colonists, and Their Controversies with Great BritainN. Hickman, 1834 - 372 páginas |
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... land , shone forth in America , in its full lustre , and received new accession of force from the aspiring character of those , who , being discontented with the established church and monarchy , had sought for freedom among the savage ...
... land , shone forth in America , in its full lustre , and received new accession of force from the aspiring character of those , who , being discontented with the established church and monarchy , had sought for freedom among the savage ...
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... land , to find poli- tical freedom and liberty of faith in the wilderness ; the pri- vations they endured , by hunger and cold , pestilence , famine , and war , to establish their new dwellings ; the perpetual watchfulness with which ...
... land , to find poli- tical freedom and liberty of faith in the wilderness ; the pri- vations they endured , by hunger and cold , pestilence , famine , and war , to establish their new dwellings ; the perpetual watchfulness with which ...
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... land of rest , did not take place till 1636. The new co- lony received numerous additions even from New England . The established church in Virginia made the same perilous error of judgment as the Synod of Massachusetts ; and it forms a ...
... land of rest , did not take place till 1636. The new co- lony received numerous additions even from New England . The established church in Virginia made the same perilous error of judgment as the Synod of Massachusetts ; and it forms a ...
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... land of their European ancestors . Under the severest trials from the aggressions of Great Britain , they still spoke of her with tenderness as of a parent , harsh through a noble temper , misguided by evil counsellors . Most of them ...
... land of their European ancestors . Under the severest trials from the aggressions of Great Britain , they still spoke of her with tenderness as of a parent , harsh through a noble temper , misguided by evil counsellors . Most of them ...
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... lands either in the name of the Crown or of the Union ; to settle new colonies and make laws concerning them , until erected into separate govern- ments ; to raise troops , build forts , fit out armed vessels , and use other means for ...
... lands either in the name of the Crown or of the Union ; to settle new colonies and make laws concerning them , until erected into separate govern- ments ; to raise troops , build forts , fit out armed vessels , and use other means for ...
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