American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Vermont History (1534) from The Original 13-A Documentary History of Religion in America's First Thirteen States (Amerisearch, Inc., 2009): <Vermont, pronounced in French "verts monts," means Green Mountain. It was originally part of New France, an area explored by Jacque Cartier in 1534. It was part of New Hampshire at the time of America's Revolutionary War. Samuel de Champlain was sent there in 1603 by French King Henry IV to begin a settlement. Because growth was slow, Cardinal Richelieu, Prime Minister for King Louis XIII, founded the Company of One Hundred Associates on April 29, 1627, to bring more colonists, increase...

Commission to Jacque Cartier (March 1534) was made by King Francis I. Though the actual commission has not been found, a line from it reportedly stated the objective of the voyage was to find a route to Asia, to establish Churches among the inhabitants, and: <To discover certain islands and lands where it is said a great quantity of gold and other precious things are to be found.> 1534JC001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1534JC001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Commission to Jacque Cartier, March 1534, by...

Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533-March 24, 1603) the Queen of England and Ireland, 1558-1603, was the last Tudor monarch. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. After her navy, under Sir Francis Drake, destroyed the Spanish Armada in 1588, England was established as a major European power. In 1558, in answer to the question at her Coronation as to the presence of Christ in the Sacrament, Queen Elizabeth I stated: <Christ was the Word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that Word did make it, I do believe and take it.> 1533QE001...

William I (April 24, 1533-July 10, 1584) known as William the Silent, was the founder of Dutch independence. He became Prince of Orange (1544) and ruler of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht (1599). He had served Charles V, King of Spain, as Commander of the troops in France. When Charles died, Philip II became king. Philip not only hated William, but proceeded to stamp out the Protestants in Holland. William I could not permit this persecution and turned on the king, eventually gaining freedom from Spain and forming the Dutch Republic, becoming the first stadtholder of the independent Northern Province in 1579....

Maine History (1527) from The Original 13-A Documentary History of Religion in America's First Thirteen States (Amerisearch, Inc., 2009): <John Rut was the first Englishman to set foot upon American soil in Maine, the territory being called Norumbega. Accounts of exploration of the coast of Maine begin with St. Brendan's enchanted voyages between 512-530. In 990, Biarne sailed from Iceland for Greenland, but driven by storms discovered an unknown land covered with forests. Leif and Thorward Ericson, sons of Eric the Red, made voyages to the coast of "Vineland," followed by other Norsemen in 1000 AD to Vinland. In 1497, John...