Seedtime of the Republic: The Origin of the American Tradition of Political LibertyHarcourt, Brace, 1953 - 558 pages Interpretive account of; the colonial experiences and political philosophny which gave use to the American Revolution. |
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... land systems of New England and of the middle and Southern colo- nies were sufficiently different from one another , and therefore productive of sufficiently different social results , to merit separate description . A few details about ...
... land systems of New England and of the middle and Southern colo- nies were sufficiently different from one another , and therefore productive of sufficiently different social results , to merit separate description . A few details about ...
Page 78
... land rather than the ruling class had its way in the end . Dear land and cheap labor depressed the common man in Europe ; cheap land and dear labor raised him up in America . The existence of vast tracts of land and of schemes for their ...
... land rather than the ruling class had its way in the end . Dear land and cheap labor depressed the common man in Europe ; cheap land and dear labor raised him up in America . The existence of vast tracts of land and of schemes for their ...
Page 475
... Land System ( Madison , 1910 ) , Chap . 7 . 65. For the influence of Dutch prac- tices on land - holding in New York , see C. W. Rife , " Land Tenure in New Netherland , " in Essays in Colo- nial History , 41-73 . A severe con ...
... Land System ( Madison , 1910 ) , Chap . 7 . 65. For the influence of Dutch prac- tices on land - holding in New York , see C. W. Rife , " Land Tenure in New Netherland , " in Essays in Colo- nial History , 41-73 . A severe con ...
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INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
Colonial Government and the Rise of Liberty | 12 |
Colonial Religion and the Rise of Liberty | 36 |
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