The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1775-1780, Količina 3Macmillan, 1901 - 899 strani "The battle of Lexington in 1775 precipitated the war of the Revolution, just as that of Fort Sumter in 1861 did the War of Secession; and although the condition of affairs rendered the commencement of hostilities in each of these cases imminent, if not inevitable, each party sought to throw the blame of beginning the war upon its opponent." (p. 1). |
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American arms army arrived Arthur Middleton artillery Assembly attack authority battle body Britain British camp Captain Carolinians Charles Charlestown Cherokees Christopher Gadsden Colonel Moultrie colonies command committee Constitution Continental Congress Council of Safety Creek Cuningham Declaration of Independence defence delegates detachment elected enemy England expedition fire fleet Fletchall force Fort Moultrie garrison Gazette Georgia guns harbor Henry Laurens Hist honor House Huger hundred Indians infantry inhabitants John Rutledge join June killed King's Laurens letter liberty Lieutenant Colonel Lincoln Lord William Campbell Major ment miles military militia Moultrie's Memoirs Ninety-Six North officers party Pinckney President Rutledge Prévost prisoners province Provincial Congress Ramsay's Revolution Rawlins Lowndes reënforcements Regiment returned Revolution Drayton River Royal Savannah sent ships siege Sir Henry Clinton South Carolina Sullivan's Island Sumter taken Tarleton Thomas tion Tories town troops vessels Virginia volunteers Washington William Henry Drayton Williamson wounded
Priljubljeni odlomki
Stran 254 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Stran 211 - That there shall be no establishment of any one religious sect in this province in preference to another ; and that no protestant inhabitant of this colony shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of his religious principles...
Stran 107 - That it be recommended to the provincial convention of New Hampshire to call a full and free representation of the people, and that the representatives, if they think it necessary, establish such a form of government as, in their judgment, will best produce the happiness of the people, and most effectually secure peace and good order in the province, during the continuance of the present dispute between Great Britain and the colonies.
Stran 165 - I assured him, that having more than once travelled almost from one end of the continent to the other, and kept a great variety of company, eating, drinking, and conversing with them freely, I never had heard in any conversation from any person, drunk or sober, the least expression of a wish, for a separation, or hint that such a thing would be advantageous to America.
Stran 567 - ... calumny itself never charged him with violating' the rights of person, property, or humanity. Never avoiding danger, he never rashly sought it; and acting for all around him as he did for himself; he risked the lives of his troops only when it was necessary. Never elated with prosperity, nor depressed by adversity, he preserved an equanimity which won the admiration of his friends, and exacted the respect of his enemies. The country, from Camden to the sea coast, between the Pedee and Santee,...
Stran 896 - one of the most distinguished additions to political and social science which this generation has seen. It has done, and will continue to do, a great work in informing the world concerning the principles of this government." — Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. " No enlightened American can desire a better thing for his country than the widest diffusion and the most thorough reading of Mr. Bryce's impartial and penetrating work.
Stran 249 - ... why is not the latter commenced without hesitation ? I am not, I confess, well informed of the resources of this kingdom ; but I trust it has still sufficient to maintain its just rights, though I know them not. But, my Lords, any state is better than despair. Let us at least make one effort ; and if we must fall, let us fall like men...
Stran 774 - GENTLEMEN: Unless you wish to be eat up by an innundation of barbarians, who have begun by murdering an unarmed son before the aged father, and afterwards lopped off his arms, and who by their shocking cruelties and irregularities give the best proof of their cowardice and want of discipline: I say if you wish to be pinioned, robbed and murdered, and see your wives and daughters in four days, abused by the dregs of mankind — in short if you wish to deserve to live and bear the name of men, grasp...
Stran 774 - Water men have crossed the mountains: McDowell, Hampton, Shelby, and Cleveland are at their head, so that you know what you have to depend upon. If you choose to be degraded forever and ever by a set of mongrels, say so at once, and let your women turn their backs upon you, and look out for real men to protect them.
Stran 896 - Freeman," and Corresponding Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society. In two volumes. Crown 8vo. Cloth, gilt tops. Vol. I, pp. xix + 634. Vol. II, pp. vi + 647. $6.00, net. " One of the most valuable contributions to the intimate historical knowledge of America. This work will be useful for all time, and not merely to the lay reader who wishes to know accurately concerning the early conditions of life in Virginia, but to the political economist and the social scientist, who are laboring to advance...