The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1895 - 365 pages |
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Page 39
... Lakes , the Mississippi , Niagara , the Cañon of the Colorado , or the Western prairies . " America , " says a distinguished English statesman " has a natural base for the greatest continuous empire ever established by man . ' Such was ...
... Lakes , the Mississippi , Niagara , the Cañon of the Colorado , or the Western prairies . " America , " says a distinguished English statesman " has a natural base for the greatest continuous empire ever established by man . ' Such was ...
Page 42
... lake , river , and stream . Wherever there were water - ways he could travel quickly , silently , and with little effort . If he liked , he could go in his own private conveyance from the source of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico , or ...
... lake , river , and stream . Wherever there were water - ways he could travel quickly , silently , and with little effort . If he liked , he could go in his own private conveyance from the source of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico , or ...
Page 65
... lake , known ever since as Lake Champlain , and claimed the country for France . 60. The Indians give Hudson a Reception on Manhattan Island ; the Strange Drink . - The Indians thought that the English captain , in his bright red coat ...
... lake , known ever since as Lake Champlain , and claimed the country for France . 60. The Indians give Hudson a Reception on Manhattan Island ; the Strange Drink . - The Indians thought that the English captain , in his bright red coat ...
Page 94
... Lake Champlain and Lake George . " 4 The first settlement , known to be permanent , was made at Dover , on the Piscataqua River , by English colonists , probably about 1627 . Four years later ( 1631 ) Portsmouth was settled . The chief ...
... Lake Champlain and Lake George . " 4 The first settlement , known to be permanent , was made at Dover , on the Piscataqua River , by English colonists , probably about 1627 . Four years later ( 1631 ) Portsmouth was settled . The chief ...
Page 124
... Lake Michigan ( 1669 ) , 3 1 See Paragraph 50 . " - 2 2 Jesuit missionaries : missionaries belonging to the Roman Catholic order of the Jesuits , or Company of Jesus . " The order was founded in 1540 , for the double purpose of checking ...
... Lake Michigan ( 1669 ) , 3 1 See Paragraph 50 . " - 2 2 Jesuit missionaries : missionaries belonging to the Roman Catholic order of the Jesuits , or Company of Jesus . " The order was founded in 1540 , for the double purpose of checking ...
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