The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... give the English colonists two advan- tages over their European rivals in America . Their terri- English ad- tory was both more accessible and more compact than that held by France or Spain . We some- times speak of the vast inland ...
... give the English colonists two advan- tages over their European rivals in America . Their terri- English ad- tory was both more accessible and more compact than that held by France or Spain . We some- times speak of the vast inland ...
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... give Spain her proud place as the most powerful country in Europe through most of the sixteenth century ; and she guarded her American possessions jealously . The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean were Spanish lakes , and the whole ...
... give Spain her proud place as the most powerful country in Europe through most of the sixteenth century ; and she guarded her American possessions jealously . The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean were Spanish lakes , and the whole ...
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... give money toward founding any . It did give charters to those men who were willing to risk their fortunes in the attempt . These charters were grants of territory and of authority over future settlers . Thus the English colonies ( with ...
... give money toward founding any . It did give charters to those men who were willing to risk their fortunes in the attempt . These charters were grants of territory and of authority over future settlers . Thus the English colonies ( with ...
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... give to a distant colony ; and Virginia was left to develop with less interference than it would have had from the most liberal proprietary com- pany . The London Company had planted constitutional liberty in America ; the settlers ...
... give to a distant colony ; and Virginia was left to develop with less interference than it would have had from the most liberal proprietary com- pany . The London Company had planted constitutional liberty in America ; the settlers ...
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... give most of their energies to these sources of magic riches . Pastor Robinson wrote , as late as June 14 , 1620 : " Let this spetially be borne in minde , that the greatest parte of the collonie is like to be imployed con- stantly ...
... give most of their energies to these sources of magic riches . Pastor Robinson wrote , as late as June 14 , 1620 : " Let this spetially be borne in minde , that the greatest parte of the collonie is like to be imployed con- stantly ...
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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...