History of the American PeopleAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 811 pages |
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... leaders were men of far - reaching views . Why , then , did France fail ? 15. The chief external cause of French failure was the relentless hatred of the Iroquois . Curiously enough , it was the ability of the French to make friends ...
... leaders were men of far - reaching views . Why , then , did France fail ? 15. The chief external cause of French failure was the relentless hatred of the Iroquois . Curiously enough , it was the ability of the French to make friends ...
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... leaders had keen eyes for military geography and would certainly have seized this position at any cost , if they had been able to learn its character . They would then have fortified the Ohio by a chain of posts , as they did their ...
... leaders had keen eyes for military geography and would certainly have seized this position at any cost , if they had been able to learn its character . They would then have fortified the Ohio by a chain of posts , as they did their ...
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... leaders and the missionaries , the settlers were either unprogressive peasants or reckless adventurers . For the most part they did not bring families ; and they re- mained unmarried or chose Indian wives . Agriculture was the only ...
... leaders and the missionaries , the settlers were either unprogressive peasants or reckless adventurers . For the most part they did not bring families ; and they re- mained unmarried or chose Indian wives . Agriculture was the only ...
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... leaders cared for this end ; but , like Raleigh and Gilbert ( § 17 ) , they cared more to build up the power of England . THE PRINCIPALL NAVIGATIONS , VOIA- GES AND DISCOVERIES OF THE English nation , made by Sea or ouer Land , to the ...
... leaders cared for this end ; but , like Raleigh and Gilbert ( § 17 ) , they cared more to build up the power of England . THE PRINCIPALL NAVIGATIONS , VOIA- GES AND DISCOVERIES OF THE English nation , made by Sea or ouer Land , to the ...
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... leaders like Drake , had paralyzed the far - flung domains of New Spain with fear . To these men , and to many 8241 MOTIVES OF THE COLONISTS 21 " younger sons " 20 [ § 24 ENGLAND'S MOTIVES The Mayflower Compact: a facsimile from ...
... leaders like Drake , had paralyzed the far - flung domains of New Spain with fear . To these men , and to many 8241 MOTIVES OF THE COLONISTS 21 " younger sons " 20 [ § 24 ENGLAND'S MOTIVES The Mayflower Compact: a facsimile from ...
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