The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1895 - 365 pages |
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Page 61
... party in England who called themselves Puritans , because they insisted on purifying , as they said , the national Church from some of its ceremonies and methods to which they were conscientiously opposed . That party was also opposed ...
... party in England who called themselves Puritans , because they insisted on purifying , as they said , the national Church from some of its ceremonies and methods to which they were conscientiously opposed . That party was also opposed ...
Page 88
... party in England , which was then en- gaged in a struggle 100 with the tyrannical king Charles I. , and which soon after changed England for a time into a republic . After the confederacy had ceased to exist the remembrance of it helped ...
... party in England , which was then en- gaged in a struggle 100 with the tyrannical king Charles I. , and which soon after changed England for a time into a republic . After the confederacy had ceased to exist the remembrance of it helped ...
Page 129
... party of Indians carried off Mrs. Hannah Dustin captive . She got possession of some tomahawks , and with the help of another woman and a boy , also prisoners , she split the heads of the sleeping Indians , and carried home their scalps ...
... party of Indians carried off Mrs. Hannah Dustin captive . She got possession of some tomahawks , and with the help of another woman and a boy , also prisoners , she split the heads of the sleeping Indians , and carried home their scalps ...
Page 130
... party of French and Indians attacked Deerfield , Massachusetts , 2 and reduced the place to ashes . On the other hand , the New England colonists recaptured Port Royal , which they named An- napolis , in honor of Queen Anne , then ...
... party of French and Indians attacked Deerfield , Massachusetts , 2 and reduced the place to ashes . On the other hand , the New England colonists recaptured Port Royal , which they named An- napolis , in honor of Queen Anne , then ...
Page 132
... parties knew its importance ; both meant to seize and fortify it . Meanwhile Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia determined to send 1 See Map , page 126 . 2 There were two forts named St. Louis ; that marking the site of the modern city of ...
... parties knew its importance ; both meant to seize and fortify it . Meanwhile Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia determined to send 1 See Map , page 126 . 2 There were two forts named St. Louis ; that marking the site of the modern city of ...
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