The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... Indian portages . Colored facing 7. Queen Elizabeth knighting Francis Drake ( from Gilbert's drawing ) 8. Facsimile of the title page of Hakluyt's Voyages 9. Virginia in 1606-1608 " 10. Facsimile of the London Company's Proclamation of ...
... Indian portages . Colored facing 7. Queen Elizabeth knighting Francis Drake ( from Gilbert's drawing ) 8. Facsimile of the title page of Hakluyt's Voyages 9. Virginia in 1606-1608 " 10. Facsimile of the London Company's Proclamation of ...
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... Indians " Appalachian wall - the Potomac , Delaware , Sus- quehanna , and Hudson - Mohawk ; but , without more engi- neering skill than that age possessed , only the Mohawk could be used as a road to the inner country- and that route ...
... Indians " Appalachian wall - the Potomac , Delaware , Sus- quehanna , and Hudson - Mohawk ; but , without more engi- neering skill than that age possessed , only the Mohawk could be used as a road to the inner country- and that route ...
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... Indian peoples held the country between the Mississippi and the Atlantic . The Gulf Tribes ( Choctaws , Seminoles , Creeks ) had made the most progress toward civilization ; but they were too far south and west to affect White ...
... Indian peoples held the country between the Mississippi and the Atlantic . The Gulf Tribes ( Choctaws , Seminoles , Creeks ) had made the most progress toward civilization ; but they were too far south and west to affect White ...
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... Indian corn " and tobacco In various ways , too , the Indians aided English coloniza- tion directly . They furnished the first settlements with the " Indian corn " that warded off starvation ; and soon they taught the settlers to plant ...
... Indian corn " and tobacco In various ways , too , the Indians aided English coloniza- tion directly . They furnished the first settlements with the " Indian corn " that warded off starvation ; and soon they taught the settlers to plant ...
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... Indian grain came to be called " corn , " the general name for European grains . Tobacco the colonist exchanged for European goods . If Indian corn enabled him to live through the first hard years , it was tobacco that first made him ...
... Indian grain came to be called " corn , " the general name for European grains . Tobacco the colonist exchanged for European goods . If Indian corn enabled him to live through the first hard years , it was tobacco that first made him ...
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