Westward Expansion: A History of the American FrontierMacmillan, 1949 - 873 pages |
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... secure their farms cheaply and easily also contributed to the rapid westward movement of the frontier . In neither Virginia nor Maryland could lands be purchased during the seventeenth century , for the rulers believed that the colonies ...
... secure their farms cheaply and easily also contributed to the rapid westward movement of the frontier . In neither Virginia nor Maryland could lands be purchased during the seventeenth century , for the rulers believed that the colonies ...
Page 191
... secure as favorable boundaries and concessions as possible . The Earl of Shelburne , who became British prime minister in July , 1782 , and his agent , Richard Oswald , wished to separate the Americans from their French and Spanish ...
... secure as favorable boundaries and concessions as possible . The Earl of Shelburne , who became British prime minister in July , 1782 , and his agent , Richard Oswald , wished to separate the Americans from their French and Spanish ...
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... secure needed services . In the 1830's the Ohio Valley solidly supported government construction of canals and railroads , knowing that private enterprise lacked the capital for such a building program ; in the 1870's , when ...
... secure needed services . In the 1830's the Ohio Valley solidly supported government construction of canals and railroads , knowing that private enterprise lacked the capital for such a building program ; in the 1870's , when ...
Contents
SECTION I | 13 |
Europes First Frontier 14921615 | 15 |
The Spanish in Eastern North America 15131590 | 19 |
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