Identifier: storyofgreatestn09elli (find matches)
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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The United States—Georgia 1545 pitiable contrast to the more northern settlers. One of their laws forbade theselling of rum, and they were determined to have it both for themselves and forthe Indians. Another prohibited the use of slaves, and the settlers insistedthat in the warm climate negro slaves were a necessity. Oglethorpe had con-stant trouble; for, added to the menacing tone of his followers, was the ever-increasing danger from the Spaniards. Finally the governor imported a wholeregiment of Scotch Highlanders, and these made him master of the situation.Many of the undesirable debtors fled to other colonies. The Indians became Oglethorpes devoted friends, and joined him in a waragainst Florida, which lasted from 1739 to 1742, As many as five thousandSpanish troops were despatched from Cuba to Florida. Oglethorpe receivedbut slight help from the other colonies, and at one time it seemed as if his lit-tle forces were doomed to destruction. But his military strategy saved hiscol

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