The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1895 - 365 pages |
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Page 87
... Confederacy . In 1643 Massachu- setts Bay united with Plymouth and with the two western colonies of Connecticut and New Haven in a league for mutual defence . The league was maintained for over forty years . Rhode Island and Maine ...
... Confederacy . In 1643 Massachu- setts Bay united with Plymouth and with the two western colonies of Connecticut and New Haven in a league for mutual defence . The league was maintained for over forty years . Rhode Island and Maine ...
Page 88
... confederacy had ceased to exist the remembrance of it helped the colonists to unite against the French , who threatened , in 1750 , to drive them out of the land . Still later , when trouble with England came , the fact that there had ...
... confederacy had ceased to exist the remembrance of it helped the colonists to unite against the French , who threatened , in 1750 , to drive them out of the land . Still later , when trouble with England came , the fact that there had ...
Page 184
... Confederation of 1781 the nation had no President no head . It had only a Congress , and that Congress was destitute of power . It might pass good and useful laws , but it could not compel the people to obey them . It might beg the ...
... Confederation of 1781 the nation had no President no head . It had only a Congress , and that Congress was destitute of power . It might pass good and useful laws , but it could not compel the people to obey them . It might beg the ...
Page 188
... Confederation . See p . 186 and appendix , p . vi ; and see p.97 . 2 See the opening words of the Constitution , page vi ( following this history ) . 3 The first important question of debate was between the delegates from the small.ates ...
... Confederation . See p . 186 and appendix , p . vi ; and see p.97 . 2 See the opening words of the Constitution , page vi ( following this history ) . 3 The first important question of debate was between the delegates from the small.ates ...
Page 261
... Confederate Army in the Civil War . Then pushing C OF MEXICO Lake Tezcuco Lake Chalco Churubusco Contreras SCALE OF MILES 010 30 50 Cerro Gordo San Juan d'UHoa PUEBLA VERA CRUZ 3 forward , Scott fought a bat- tle at the mountain pass of ...
... Confederate Army in the Civil War . Then pushing C OF MEXICO Lake Tezcuco Lake Chalco Churubusco Contreras SCALE OF MILES 010 30 50 Cerro Gordo San Juan d'UHoa PUEBLA VERA CRUZ 3 forward , Scott fought a bat- tle at the mountain pass of ...
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