The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... became high- ways for White travel . The New York Central Railroad follows the old Iroquois trail from Lake Erie to the Hud- son ; and in Minneapolis one of the finest streets ( Hennepin Avenue ) is an ancient Indian trail from the ...
... became high- ways for White travel . The New York Central Railroad follows the old Iroquois trail from Lake Erie to the Hud- son ; and in Minneapolis one of the finest streets ( Hennepin Avenue ) is an ancient Indian trail from the ...
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... bragging , efficient Captain John Captain Smith . Smith finally became President of the in- John Smith effective Council . Then he quickly usurped all the power of government , and his beneficent tyranny saved the colony.
... bragging , efficient Captain John Captain Smith . Smith finally became President of the in- John Smith effective Council . Then he quickly usurped all the power of government , and his beneficent tyranny saved the colony.
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... became customary for colonial proprietors , when circulating handbills in England advertising the features of their American possessions , to lay stress upon the guarantee of political privileges . The new management of the Company ...
... became customary for colonial proprietors , when circulating handbills in England advertising the features of their American possessions , to lay stress upon the guarantee of political privileges . The new management of the Company ...
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... became prosperous under the Company's rule . Two years after the massacre , the popula- tion had risen again to twelve hundred , and the number of settlements had become nineteen . The Indians had been crushed . Fortunes were being made ...
... became prosperous under the Company's rule . Two years after the massacre , the popula- tion had risen again to twelve hundred , and the number of settlements had become nineteen . The Indians had been crushed . Fortunes were being made ...
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... became plain that The struggle the Company was to be overthrown , in the spring to save of 1624 , a body of leading settlers sent to the King tive govern- an address in which they " humbly entreat . . that the Governors [ to be ...
... became plain that The struggle the Company was to be overthrown , in the spring to save of 1624 , a body of leading settlers sent to the King tive govern- an address in which they " humbly entreat . . that the Governors [ to be ...
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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...