The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... King James ' Counterblaste to Tobacco 14. Facsimile of Baltimore's instructions to the first Maryland governor regarding Protestants . 29 35 45 ( Massachusetts State Archives ) 22. John Cotton ( Drake's History and Antiquities of Boston ) ...
... King James ' Counterblaste to Tobacco 14. Facsimile of Baltimore's instructions to the first Maryland governor regarding Protestants . 29 35 45 ( Massachusetts State Archives ) 22. John Cotton ( Drake's History and Antiquities of Boston ) ...
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... king . " So , at a price , in the field , on the scaffold , in the dungeon , and in the harder martyrdoms of broken lives and ruined homes , did Englishmen through heroic centuries work out the union of a strong government and free ...
... king . " So , at a price , in the field , on the scaffold , in the dungeon , and in the harder martyrdoms of broken lives and ruined homes , did Englishmen through heroic centuries work out the union of a strong government and free ...
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... king's girls , " and by offering bonuses for early marriages and large families . But even with this fostering , French colonization did not produce numbers . In 1754 , when the final struggle for the American continent began , France ...
... king's girls , " and by offering bonuses for early marriages and large families . But even with this fostering , French colonization did not produce numbers . In 1754 , when the final struggle for the American continent began , France ...
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... king . " It is of the greatest importance , " wrote one official , “ that the people should not be at liberty to speak their minds . " And the people had no minds to speak . In 1672 , Frontenac , the greatest governor of New France ...
... king . " It is of the greatest importance , " wrote one official , “ that the people should not be at liberty to speak their minds . " And the people had no minds to speak . In 1672 , Frontenac , the greatest governor of New France ...
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... King James a grant known as the Charter of 1606 , or the First Virginia Charter . The members of this Company hoped for commercial gain . No doubt some of its members cared only for this . But the great leaders cared more , like Raleigh ...
... King James a grant known as the Charter of 1606 , or the First Virginia Charter . The members of this Company hoped for commercial gain . No doubt some of its members cared only for this . But the great leaders cared more , like Raleigh ...
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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...
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