Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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n during the year1814 resulted about as they did in 1813.The United States lost two war-shipsand captured five of like character, be-sides many British merchantmen. Mr. Gerry, the Vice-President, diedsuddenly in Washington on the 23d ofNovember of this year. John Gaillard,of South Carolina, succeeded him asPresident of the Senate pro tempore. While these events were occurring onland and water, during the summer of1814, the hostility in the New EnglandStates to the Federal administration hadripened into a determination to take de-cisive steps for the maintenance of theirown rights in their owTi. way. A ma-jority of the people of these States werestrongly opposed to the conquest ofCanada. Massachusetts and Connecti-cut, throwing themselves upon their re-served rights under the Constitution,refused to .•.llow their militia to be sentout of their States, in what they deemeda war of aggression against others,especially when they were needed fortheir own defence in repelling an inva-sion.
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