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Common terms and phrasesadventurers America Anne Hutchinson appointed arrived assembly asserted Berkeley Boston Cape Carolina Charles charter church chusetts civil claims coast colonists colony commissioners commonwealth Connecticut conscience constituted council court Cromwell death desired elected embarked emigrants England English established exile favor franchise freedom freemen friends Gorges governor grant harbor Henry Vane honor Huguenots hundred independence Indians inhabitants jurisdiction justice king land laws legislation liberty lish London company Long Parliament Lord magistrates Maryland Massachusetts ment merchant Miantonomoh ministers Mohegans monarch Narragansets natives navigation act negro never North Carolina party patent peace Pequods Pilgrims Piscataqua plantation planters Plymouth Pokanokets political popular possession principles proprietaries province Puritans Quakers religion religious resolved restoration Rhode Island River Roger Williams royal royalists sailed settlement ships Sir William Berkeley slaves soil spirit territory thousand tion towns trade tribe vessel villages Virginia voyage whole wilderness Popular passagesPage 150 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission... Page 150 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc. Page 122 - And whereas the enforcing of the conscience in matters of religion "—such was the sublime tenor of a part of the statute—" hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous consequence in those commonwealths where it has been practised, and for the more quiet and peaceable government of this province, and the better to preserve mutual love and amity among the inhabitants, no person within this province, professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall be any ways troubled, molested, or discountenanced,... Page 150 - Having undertaken for the Glory of God. and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid... Page 231 - Men whose life, learning, faith, and pure intent Would have been held in high esteem with Paul, Must now be named and printed heretics By shallow Edwards and Scotch What d'ye call. Page 250 - That our royal will and pleasure is, that no person within the said colony, at any time hereafter, shall be any wise molested, punished, disquieted, or called in question, for any differences in opinion in matters of religion... Page 281 - the Acts of Navigation were an invasion of the rights and privileges of the subjects of his majesty in the colony, they not being represented in parliament. Page 175 - We here enjoy God and Jesus Christ," wrote Winthrop to his wife, whom pregnancy had detained in England, " and is not this enough ? I thank God I like so well to be here, as I do not repent my coming. I would not have altered my course, though I had foreseen all these afflictions. I never had more content of mind. Page 222 - And it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university... Page 222 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarThe Debate over Annexing Texas and the Emergence of Manifest DestinyLyon Rathbun - 2001 - Rhetoric & Public Affairs References from web pagesGeorge Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States ... Biography and pictures of George Bancroft Operation Save America - Bibliographic information
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