The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... early English settlers . — American history has no primitive period . The earliest colonists had command enough over nature not to be con- trolled by her to any such degree as were the early Greeks or Latins or the primitive English in ...
... early English settlers . — American history has no primitive period . The earliest colonists had command enough over nature not to be con- trolled by her to any such degree as were the early Greeks or Latins or the primitive English in ...
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... early days men did not care to go far into the interior . They liked better the fringe of the continent , where they could keep touch with the old home . Moreover , in the age before steamships , vessels could hardly ascend the ...
... early days men did not care to go far into the interior . They liked better the fringe of the continent , where they could keep touch with the old home . Moreover , in the age before steamships , vessels could hardly ascend the ...
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... early period . Maize was long the main food supply . European grains failed in the new climate season after season , while the colonist was learning the new conditions . Moreover , to clear and prepare the soil for wheat or barley took ...
... early period . Maize was long the main food supply . European grains failed in the new climate season after season , while the colonist was learning the new conditions . Moreover , to clear and prepare the soil for wheat or barley took ...
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... early colonizing movements met all sorts of costly delays and vexations . They had to buy ships , or build them ; and , in Channing's apt phrase , they had to buy food for the voyages " on the hoof or in the shock , " and clothing " on ...
... early colonizing movements met all sorts of costly delays and vexations . They had to buy ships , or build them ; and , in Channing's apt phrase , they had to buy food for the voyages " on the hoof or in the shock , " and clothing " on ...
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... after the manner of the golden age . " But supplies and reinforcements were delayed by the struggle with the Spanish Armada ; and when the MOTIVES OF THE ENGLISH PROMOTERS 17 next supply ships did 16 EARLY ENGLISH COLONIZATION.
... after the manner of the golden age . " But supplies and reinforcements were delayed by the struggle with the Spanish Armada ; and when the MOTIVES OF THE ENGLISH PROMOTERS 17 next supply ships did 16 EARLY ENGLISH COLONIZATION.
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