The front part (what you see in the mirror) includes: 1  Iris: the colored part. 2  Cornea: a clear dome over the iris. 3  Pupil: the black circular opening in the iris that lets light in.  Sclera: the white of your 1  eye. Conjunctiva: a thin layer of tissue that covers the entire front of your eye, except for the cornea.
Peters Colony (Peters' Colony) is a name applied to four empresario land grant contracts first by the Republic of Texas and then the State of Texas for settlement in north Texas. The contracts were signed groups of American and English investors originally headed by William Smalling Peters.he area of Peters Colony was large. It included all or portions of Denton, Collin, Cooke, Grayson, Dallas, Tarrant, Wise, Palo Pinto, Ellis, Johnson, Montague, Parker, Hood, Clay, Jack, Erath, Wichita. Archer, Young, Stephens, Eastland, Wilbarger, Baylor, Throckmorton, Shackelford, and Callahan counties.
100 C HAPTER 3 ONE AMERICANâS STORY In 1624, the Dutch founded the colony of New Netherland (later New York) on the eastern coast of North America. PeterStuyvesant, the new governor, arrived in the city of NewAmsterdam in May 1647. Because of his rough manner, helost the support of the Dutch colonists.here wereEnglish colonies in New England to the north and Virginia to thesouth. As you have seen, when the dukeâs ships appeared off NewAmsterdam in August 1664, the colony surrendered. New Netherlandbecame the proprietary colony of New York. The Duke of York wasnow the proprietor, or owner, of the colony.