The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... four rivers broke the " 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 ...
... four rivers broke the " 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 ...
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... four millions were more crowded than its forty millions are now . For the small farm- ers especially , life had become very hard , and these yeo- men furnished most of the manual labor in the early colonies . Few of this class could pay ...
... four millions were more crowded than its forty millions are now . For the small farm- ers especially , life had become very hard , and these yeo- men furnished most of the manual labor in the early colonies . Few of this class could pay ...
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... four this day : Tohirbiot falling out as og felurs befireb , and others erpes Tol that ruery day duringthedrawing arb , whole moneyts are already aby hall ber drawer whaBlanke sentured therem be thought goob therefore for anot bing af ...
... four this day : Tohirbiot falling out as og felurs befireb , and others erpes Tol that ruery day duringthedrawing arb , whole moneyts are already aby hall ber drawer whaBlanke sentured therem be thought goob therefore for anot bing af ...
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... four in a night , in the morning their bodies trailed out of their Cabines , like Dogges , to be burried . The First Supply , in the fall of 1607 , found only 38 survivors , and for 20 years each new immigration lost , on an average ...
... four in a night , in the morning their bodies trailed out of their Cabines , like Dogges , to be burried . The First Supply , in the fall of 1607 , found only 38 survivors , and for 20 years each new immigration lost , on an average ...
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... four kingdoms of Europe , " he wrote home , " and put them all together , and they may no way compare with this country for commodity and goodness of soil . " Moreover , he kept order and protected the colony from the Indians , and in ...
... four kingdoms of Europe , " he wrote home , " and put them all together , and they may no way compare with this country for commodity and goodness of soil . " Moreover , he kept order and protected the colony from the Indians , and in ...
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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...