. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . )eople showed a disposition to be re-bellious. About the year 1619, a college had been opened for both sexes atHenrico. Under an order from the king, large contributions liad beenmade for its support. At the time of the Indian massacre in 1«22 tliisCollege was destroyed, as was also a free i)reparatory school which hadbeen established at Charles City in 1G
. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . )eople showed a disposition to be re-bellious. About the year 1619, a college had been opened for both sexes atHenrico. Under an order from the king, large contributions liad beenmade for its support. At the time of the Indian massacre in 1«22 tliisCollege was destroyed, as was also a free i)reparatory school which hadbeen established at Charles City in 24 Story of ttie Confederate States. 12. The peace of the English colonies was often dis-turbed by Indian Avars, which always ended in the tri-umph of the whites and the acquisition of additionallands for settlement. The English colonies were alsodisturbed by frequent hostilities on the part of theSpaniards and French. Spain had extensive posses-sions on the south and asserted her right to all thecountry south of South Carolina. Hence Spain re-sented the founding of Georgia and gave the settlersof that colony much trouble. On the north and westFrance claimed immense possessions, and often har-rassed the New England colonies and New York withblood}^ wars. n 13. The question of dominion in North Americawas settled at last by the great French and Indian warwhich lasted about eight years. In this mighty strug-gle France and Spain assisted by numerous Indian al-lies fought against Great Britain and her Americancolonies. The decisive battle on the Plains of Abra-ham, near Quebec, establishe
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