The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... held by France or Spain . We some- times speak of the vast inland valleys of the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi , where the French cast their fortunes , as " gateways to the conti- nent " ; and so they are to the interior . But in the ...
... held by France or Spain . We some- times speak of the vast inland valleys of the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi , where the French cast their fortunes , as " gateways to the conti- nent " ; and so they are to the interior . But in the ...
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... held the country between the Mississippi and the Atlantic . The Gulf Tribes ( Choctaws , Seminoles , Creeks ) had made the most progress toward civilization ; but they were too far south and west to affect White settlement much until ...
... held the country between the Mississippi and the Atlantic . The Gulf Tribes ( Choctaws , Seminoles , Creeks ) had made the most progress toward civilization ; but they were too far south and west to affect White settlement much until ...
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... held not only all South America ( save Portugal's Brazil ) , but also all Central America , Mexico , the Californias far up the Pacific coast , and the Floridas . The gold from Mexico and Peru helped to give Spain her proud place as the ...
... held not only all South America ( save Portugal's Brazil ) , but also all Central America , Mexico , the Californias far up the Pacific coast , and the Floridas . The gold from Mexico and Peru helped to give Spain her proud place as the ...
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... seen magnified as through a micro- scope . " No public meetings were permitted without a special license ; and such meetings , when held , could do nothing WHY FRANCE FAILED 13 worth while . All sorts of 12 ENGLAND'S RIVALS.
... seen magnified as through a micro- scope . " No public meetings were permitted without a special license ; and such meetings , when held , could do nothing WHY FRANCE FAILED 13 worth while . All sorts of 12 ENGLAND'S RIVALS.
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... held that the governor , having been made by them , could not unmake them , and that " we are not dissoluable by any power yet extant in Virginia but our owne . ' Matthews threatened to refer the matter to England . The Burgesses then ...
... held that the governor , having been made by them , could not unmake them , and that " we are not dissoluable by any power yet extant in Virginia but our owne . ' Matthews threatened to refer the matter to England . The Burgesses then ...
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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...