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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
reast—the independence of his native country. The harsh encroachments of Louis XIV., which, in 1672, had made William of Orange a revolutionary stadtholder, now assisted to constitute him a revolutionary king, transforming the impassive champion of sm, the less distinguished Ranelagh, and Henry, the brother of Algernon Sidney, of old the correspondent of the prince of Orange, as well as the warm friend of William Penn, interceded for the restoration of the proprietary of Pennsylvania. He is my a man of middling fortunes, to the aristocracy; while, as a Dutchman and a Calvinist, he was an enthusiast for William of Orange. Destitute of equanimity, his failure was inevitable. The Protestant insurgents had, immediately after the revolution declaration, published to the world, avows their pur- June 3. poses: As soon as the bearer of orders from the prince of Orange shall have let us see his power, then, without delay, we do intend to obey, not the orders only, but also the bearer ther
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
ing the English no trading house in the bay, except that of which, in 1685, they had dispossessed the French at Port Nelson. That post remained to the English; but the sons of Lemoine intercepted the forces which were sent to proclaim William of Orange monarch over jagged cliffs, 1689. and deep ravines never warmed by a sunbeam,—over the glaciers and mountains, the rivers and tradinghouses in Hudson's Bay. Exulting in their success, they returned to Quebec. In the east, blood was first shelso presented to King William in council, and the members were unanimous in the opinion, that the settling of the banks of the Mississippi should be encouraged. I will leap over twenty stumbling-blocks, rather than not effect it, said William of Orange; and Coxe's Carolana. he often assured the proprietor of his willingness to send over, at his own cost, several hundred Huguenot and Vaudois refugees. But England was never destined to acquire more than a nominal possession of the Mississippi;
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., W. (search)
Wesley, John and Charles, III. 428. West, Francis, I. 196. Weymouth explores the coast, I. 114. Whalley, Edward, II. 34. Wheelwright, John, I. 388. Removes to Piscataqua, 392. Whitaker, the apostle of Virginia, I. 144. Whitefield, George, III. 429. Apologist of slavery, 448. Wickliffe, a benefactor to America, II. 458. Wilford, Thomas, II. 230. Williams, Eunice, III. 213. Williams, Roger, I. 367. His exile, 377. Plants Providence, 379. His character, 380. William and Mary College founded, III. 25. William of Orange, III. 2. His policy triumphant, 227. False to the liberty of the seas, 230. Willoughby's voyage, I. 70. Wilson climbs a tree to preach, I. 389. Wingfield engages in colonization, I. 118, 127. Winnebagoes, III. 243. Wisconsin, Jesuits in, III. 155. Witchcraft in Massachusetts, III. 72. In Salem, 84. Executions for, 88, 93 Loses its terror, 97. Wyandots. See Huron-Iroquois. Wyatt's administration, I. 178.