An American history . He accepted their challengeand sent against them a vast fleet, called by the Spaniardsthe Invincible Armada. 36. England strikes a New Note. Up to this point, thestory of the struggle between England and Spain has been thronged with and duplicity, mentalgreatness and moral baseness,splendid faithfulness to onesfriends and utter barbarity toones enemies, these are theirreconcilable things that meetus at every turn. So sharplydo they contradict each otherthat we know not what to sayin judgment of that startlingage. At last, something comesbefore us th
An American history . He accepted their challengeand sent against them a vast fleet, called by the Spaniardsthe Invincible Armada. 36. England strikes a New Note. Up to this point, thestory of the struggle between England and Spain has been thronged with and duplicity, mentalgreatness and moral baseness,splendid faithfulness to onesfriends and utter barbarity toones enemies, these are theirreconcilable things that meetus at every turn. So sharplydo they contradict each otherthat we know not what to sayin judgment of that startlingage. At last, something comesbefore us that is unquestion-ably noble in every way. Atthe supreme moment the Eng-lish people took a stand for a new idea, destined to be theshaping principle in the formation of a New World. Hithertothe world had been shaped politically, in no small measure,by the ideas of the later Roman empire. One of these wasthe idea that religion should be under state control. TheSpaniards in their political thinking imitated the REGION OF RALEIGHS SETTLEMENT The site of Raleighs settlement is on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Hesent over three relays of colonists — in 1585,1586, and 1587. The third was com-manded by John White. It comprised one hundred and fifty people, includingseventeen women. The first American child of English blood was born in thisfated colony of Roanoke. She was named Virginia Dare.
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