The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1895 - 365 pages |
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Page 63
... Quakers had bought New Jersey . In the South , English Catholics had settled in Maryland , and colonies of Englishmen had also been founded in the Carolinas . Thus by 1675 an English - speaking population practically held control of the ...
... Quakers had bought New Jersey . In the South , English Catholics had settled in Maryland , and colonies of Englishmen had also been founded in the Carolinas . Thus by 1675 an English - speaking population practically held control of the ...
Page 71
... Quakers , who ventured into the colony , Stuyvesant was horribly cruel . The authorities in Holland rebuked him , and ordered that every man should be permitted to worship God in his own house in his own way ; but the governor managed ...
... Quakers , who ventured into the colony , Stuyvesant was horribly cruel . The authorities in Holland rebuked him , and ordered that every man should be permitted to worship God in his own house in his own way ; but the governor managed ...
Page 73
... Quakers , buy New Jersey ; Treaty with the In- dians ; Prosperity of the Country ; New Jersey becomes a Royal Col- ony . In 1674 some English Friends , or Quakers , bought Lord Berkeley's share , or West Jersey , and later William Penn ...
... Quakers , buy New Jersey ; Treaty with the In- dians ; Prosperity of the Country ; New Jersey becomes a Royal Col- ony . In 1674 some English Friends , or Quakers , bought Lord Berkeley's share , or West Jersey , and later William Penn ...
Page 74
... Quakers then bought the land , granting to the settlers most of the privileges of self - government . In 1702 , the Quaker proprietors surrendered their rights to the English sovereign , and New Jersey became a royal colony until the ...
... Quakers then bought the land , granting to the settlers most of the privileges of self - government . In 1702 , the Quaker proprietors surrendered their rights to the English sovereign , and New Jersey became a royal colony until the ...
Page 88
... Quakers . In 1656 the citizens of Massachusetts kept a solemn day of fasting and prayer on account of the news of the doings in England of a strange peo- ple called Quakers . It was said that they were turning the world upside down with ...
... Quakers . In 1656 the citizens of Massachusetts kept a solemn day of fasting and prayer on account of the news of the doings in England of a strange peo- ple called Quakers . It was said that they were turning the world upside down with ...
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