What Goes on in the Colonies?
Title | What Goes on in the Colonies? PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Colonial Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 15 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | Great Britain |
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What goes on in the Colonies? A colonial quiz. (Prepared by the Colonial Office and the Central Office of Information.).
Title | What goes on in the Colonies? A colonial quiz. (Prepared by the Colonial Office and the Central Office of Information.). PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Colonial Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 15 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies
Title | Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies PDF eBook |
Author | John Dickinson |
Publisher | New York : Outlook Company |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Common Sense
Title | Common Sense PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Paine |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
What Goes on in the Colonies?
Title | What Goes on in the Colonies? PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Colonial Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 15 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
The Thirteen Colonies
Title | The Thirteen Colonies PDF eBook |
Author | Louis B. Wright |
Publisher | New Word City |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2014-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1612308112 |
If the origin of the colonial period was accidental, the ending was not. The representatives of the thirteen colonies who approved the Declaration of Independence in 1776 charted a collision course, aware of the obstacles in their path and the risks they were taking. The events that led to their decision took place over a period of nearly 300 years. Looking back, the wonder is that it culminated so quickly. For a century after its discovery, the New World was little more than a lode to be mined by adventurers seeking profits. It wasn't until the end of the sixteenth century that serious efforts were made to establish permanent colonies. Even then, the perils of the journey and threats of starvation inhibited settlement. But settlers gradually came, spurred, in part, by the fear of religious persecution, but above all, drawn by the hope of owning land. They were a mixed lot: English Separatists from Leiden, French Huguenots, Dutch burghers, Mennonite peasants from the Rhine Valley, and a few gentleman Anglicans. But they shared a quality of toughness. Here is their story from award-winning historian Louis B. Wright.
New World Faiths
Title | New World Faiths PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Butler |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0195333101 |
Jon Butler begins by describing the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds on the eve of colonization and traces the progress of religion in the colonies through the time of the American Revolution. He covers Protestants, Catholics and Jews, as well as the Native American religious experiences.