The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and (14765985042)

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Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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IX-9 ^he United States—Braddocks Defeat !>>) different States, with the motto, Unite or die. Franklin was now selectedto draw upihe plan for a colonial league It is interesting to note the representation which he assigned to each col-ony, as it roughly measures their relative importance. Massachusetts was tohave seven delegates, Connecticut five, New Hampshire and Rhode Island eachtwo; fifteen in all for New England. Pennsylvania had six. New York four. NewJersey three; that is, thirteen for the Middle States. Virginia was given seven,and Maryland and North and South Carolina each four, making seventeen forthe South. Maine was at the time part of Massachusetts, Delaware wascounted with Pennsylvania, and Georgia was still so insignificant that it wasignored. The convention adopted Franklins plan, which among other things placedthe capital in his own city of Philadelphia, But every State Legislature towhich the bcheme was submitted, rejected it, as limiting their own power toomu