The German Element in the United States: With Special Reference to Its Political, Moral, Social, and Educational Influence, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1909 |
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Halaman ix
... native skill and industry , but whenever necessary adapted himself to new conditions , using and inventing agricultural machinery , or becoming a rice - grower in the South , a big farmer in the West . The obstructions in the path of a ...
... native skill and industry , but whenever necessary adapted himself to new conditions , using and inventing agricultural machinery , or becoming a rice - grower in the South , a big farmer in the West . The obstructions in the path of a ...
Halaman 2
... history will be the subject of the present chapter . - A conspicuous example of prominent service under a for- eign king is that of Martin Behaim . He served the king of Portugal , but was a native of Nuremberg , 2 THE GERMAN ELEMENT.
... history will be the subject of the present chapter . - A conspicuous example of prominent service under a for- eign king is that of Martin Behaim . He served the king of Portugal , but was a native of Nuremberg , 2 THE GERMAN ELEMENT.
Halaman 3
... native city , for the settlement of an estate . While there he fashioned a globe representing the earth as it was known to the foremost savants of that day . On leaving he presented this globe to his native city , and it is still ...
... native city , for the settlement of an estate . While there he fashioned a globe representing the earth as it was known to the foremost savants of that day . On leaving he presented this globe to his native city , and it is still ...
Halaman 7
... natives of Holland , particularly since one is referred to as a Switzar 1 This is also true of Spanish America . See the publications of the All- deutscher Verband , in the series " Kampf um das Deutschtum , " e . g . , Wint- zer , Die ...
... natives of Holland , particularly since one is referred to as a Switzar 1 This is also true of Spanish America . See the publications of the All- deutscher Verband , in the series " Kampf um das Deutschtum , " e . g . , Wint- zer , Die ...
Halaman 11
... native of Antwerp , was the first to suggest to Gustavus Adolphus the enormous possibilities of colonial expansion . Not favored at home , the genius of Usselinx was given a sphere of activity under the ambi- tious ruler of Sweden . The ...
... native of Antwerp , was the first to suggest to Gustavus Adolphus the enormous possibilities of colonial expansion . Not favored at home , the genius of Usselinx was given a sphere of activity under the ambi- tious ruler of Sweden . The ...
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acres American army arrived attack battle became born Captain Chapter Cincinnati Colonel colonists colony command congregations Congress Conrad Weiser County Delaware Der deutsche Pionier descendants deutsche Pionier district early English expedition farmers Frederick French frontier George German element German immigration German population German settlements German settlers Germantown governor Herkimer Hessians hundred hunters Illinois Indians Irish Jacob Johann John Kapp Kentucky Lancaster County land large number later Leisler located Louis Ludwig Lutheran Church Madison County Maryland Mennonites ment miles militia missionaries Mississippi Missouri Mohawk Mohawk Valley Moravian Mühlenberg native North number of German officers Ohio Ohio River Palatines Penn Pennsylvania German Peter Philadelphia preached Reverend Revolutionary River Rosengarten Schoharie sent served settled soldiers South Carolina Steuben sylvania Tennessee territory thousand tion Tories town troops Tuscarawas County United Valley Virginia Washington Weiser West Western westward Wetzel Wisconsin York Zweibrücken
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Halaman 367 - That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things, lacking in the artistic but powerful to effect great ends ; that restless, nervous energy;* that dominant individualism, working for good and for evil, and withal that buoyancy and exuberance which comes with freedom — these are traits of the frontier, or traits called out elsewhere because of the existence of the frontier.
Halaman 109 - Fellow-Citizens; but every Man who prefers Freedom to a Life of slavery will bless and honor You, as Men who have baffled the Attempt of Tyranny; and by an impartial and uncorrupt Verdict, have laid a noble Foundation for securing to ourselves, our Posterity, and our Neighbors, That, to which Nature and the Laws of our Country have given us a Right,— the Liberty— both of exposing and opposing arbitrary Power (in these Parts of the World, at least) by speaking and writing Truth.
Halaman 109 - It is the best cause. It is the cause of liberty, and I make no doubt but your upright conduct this day will not only entitle you to the love and...
Halaman 533 - Your requisition, in my judgment, is illegal, unconstitutional, and revolutionary in its objects, inhuman and diabolical, and cannot be complied with.
Halaman 109 - ... it is not the cause of a poor printer, nor of New York alone, which you are now trying. No! It may in its consequence affect every freeman that lives under a British government on the Main of America. It is the best cause. It is the cause of liberty...
Halaman 121 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
Halaman 433 - Up to and including 1880 the country had a frontier of settlement, but at present the unsettled area has been so broken into by isolated bodies of settlement that there can hardly be said to be a frontier line. In the discussion of its extent, its westward movement, etc, it can not, therefore, any longer have a place in the census reports.
Halaman 138 - The most complete barns of the present day have in addition a granary on the tility of their fields, the luxuriance of their meadows, all of which have a general appearance of plenty and neatness in everything that belongs to them.
Halaman 365 - Our trade with New York and Philadelphia was of this sort, draining us of all the little money and bills we could gather from other places for their bread, flour, beer, hams, bacon, and other things of their produce, all which, except beer, our new townships begin to supply us with, which are settled with very industrious and thriving Germans.
Halaman 243 - If you take slaves in faith, and with the intent of conducting them to Christ, the action will not be a sin, but may prove a benediction.