Download or read book Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society, at Utica, 1892-1894 written by Oneida Historical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society, at Utica, 1892-1894: Resident and Honorary Members Still again, to reverse the order of chronology and go back farther, in order to Show their vital connection with the events leading to the American Revolution, the people of the Protestant Netherlands had the same interest in the political history of the American colonies, which a grand father has in seeing his grandson live the old man's life over again. Having from the early middle ages developed their political life through the medium of free cities, which were in reality municipal republics, and having been for centuries relieved of the direct rule of monarchs, the Netherlanders had nourished a spirit of freedom which was powerfully reinforced and vitally quickened when the Bible, translated into the Dutch vernacular, was multiplied and widely circulated by means of the printing press, enabled them to present a united popular front against the tyrant Philip II. Of Spain. We emphasize the word popular, since it was not primarily either the nobles or the aristo cratic burghers, but the common people, who responded to the call of William the Silent and began organized resistance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.