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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... miles further , to become entirely masters of their own actions . They , who , under these delusions , drove forth their fellow colonists from among them , found that persecution could not conquer its victims , and that at every attempt ...
... miles further , to become entirely masters of their own actions . They , who , under these delusions , drove forth their fellow colonists from among them , found that persecution could not conquer its victims , and that at every attempt ...
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... miles from the pomp of courts , the seductive in- fluences of luxury , the ostentatious pretensions of fashion and wealth , the aristocracy and the peerage ; for the most part simple cultivators of the soil or hardy navigators ; -with ...
... miles from the pomp of courts , the seductive in- fluences of luxury , the ostentatious pretensions of fashion and wealth , the aristocracy and the peerage ; for the most part simple cultivators of the soil or hardy navigators ; -with ...
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... miles they encamped at Bunker Hill , for the night , under the protection of the men - of - war , and the next day passed over to Boston . In these actions , the loss of the British was two hundred and ninety - three ; and of the ...
... miles they encamped at Bunker Hill , for the night , under the protection of the men - of - war , and the next day passed over to Boston . In these actions , the loss of the British was two hundred and ninety - three ; and of the ...
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... miles farther on the way to Cambridge , and still maintained their command of the entrance to Boston . The British loss was one thousand and fifty - four - the Americans , four hundred and fifty - three . Among these , was the lamented ...
... miles farther on the way to Cambridge , and still maintained their command of the entrance to Boston . The British loss was one thousand and fifty - four - the Americans , four hundred and fifty - three . Among these , was the lamented ...
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... miles , and parties were sta- tioned in small towns in the neighborhood . Commissions , granted by Congress , to eight brigadiers , were issued . They were Pomeroy , Heath , and John Thomas , of Massachusetts ; Montgomery , of New York ...
... miles , and parties were sta- tioned in small towns in the neighborhood . Commissions , granted by Congress , to eight brigadiers , were issued . They were Pomeroy , Heath , and John Thomas , of Massachusetts ; Montgomery , of New York ...
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