The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... Company's Proclamation of the Virginia Lottery , 1615 11. Captain John Smith ( from Smith's Generall Historie ) 25 28 12. The two possible Virginias of 1609 ( the “ west and northwest " clause ) 13. Facsimile of the first page of King ...
... Company's Proclamation of the Virginia Lottery , 1615 11. Captain John Smith ( from Smith's Generall Historie ) 25 28 12. The two possible Virginias of 1609 ( the “ west and northwest " clause ) 13. Facsimile of the first page of King ...
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... Company , enterprise left unto these days . " Raleigh had 1606 A.D. found part of his money by forming a partnership with some London merchants . In 1606 some of these same merchants organized a large stock company to build a colony ...
... Company , enterprise left unto these days . " Raleigh had 1606 A.D. found part of his money by forming a partnership with some London merchants . In 1606 some of these same merchants organized a large stock company to build a colony ...
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... Company mainly in its aspect as a foreign missionary so- ciety the first in the Protestant world ; and this missionary charac- ter brought the Com- pany much moral sup- port and many gifts of money from outsiders . For years , even this ...
... Company mainly in its aspect as a foreign missionary so- ciety the first in the Protestant world ; and this missionary charac- ter brought the Com- pany much moral sup- port and many gifts of money from outsiders . For years , even this ...
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Willis Mason West. MOTIVES OF THE COLONISTS 19 expect a prospectus of a commercial company to do but rather on the meanness and " avarice " of the man who would " save " his money instead of using it to extend Eng- lish freedom and the ...
Willis Mason West. MOTIVES OF THE COLONISTS 19 expect a prospectus of a commercial company to do but rather on the meanness and " avarice " of the man who would " save " his money instead of using it to extend Eng- lish freedom and the ...
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... Company , made up mainly of Londoners ; and the Plymouth Company , made up of gentlemen from the west of England . The name Virginia then applied to the whole region claimed by England on the Atlantic coast , between the Territorial ...
... Company , made up mainly of Londoners ; and the Plymouth Company , made up of gentlemen from the west of England . The name Virginia then applied to the whole region claimed by England on the Atlantic coast , between the Territorial ...
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Page 268 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Page 716 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
Page 355 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Page 273 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...