The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... Labor in 1916 117. The Minnesota Capitol 118. The Arrow Rock Dam . 119. The United States Supreme Court in 1920 656 . 664 673 681 120. Maps of the Balkans ( the seed plot of war ) in 1912 and 1913 . 694 121. General John J. Pershing 721 ...
... Labor in 1916 117. The Minnesota Capitol 118. The Arrow Rock Dam . 119. The United States Supreme Court in 1920 656 . 664 673 681 120. Maps of the Balkans ( the seed plot of war ) in 1912 and 1913 . 694 121. General John J. Pershing 721 ...
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... labor and consequent industrial progress , and made it easier for the colonies to unite against England when the time came . The natives , like nature , seeming unkind to the English settler , were really kinder to him than to his ...
... labor and consequent industrial progress , and made it easier for the colonies to unite against England when the time came . The natives , like nature , seeming unkind to the English settler , were really kinder to him than to his ...
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... labor in the early colonies . Few of this class could pay the cost of transporting them- selves and their families to America ; and so commonly they were glad to bind themselves by written " indentures to become " servants " to some ...
... labor in the early colonies . Few of this class could pay the cost of transporting them- selves and their families to America ; and so commonly they were glad to bind themselves by written " indentures to become " servants " to some ...
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... labor went into a common stock . Lumber , sassafras , dyestuffs , were shipped to the Company to help meet expenses . Grain was kept Industry in in colonial storehouses , to be guarded and dis- common tributed by a public official ...
... labor went into a common stock . Lumber , sassafras , dyestuffs , were shipped to the Company to help meet expenses . Grain was kept Industry in in colonial storehouses , to be guarded and dis- common tributed by a public official ...
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... labor so much needed , Sandys ( the Paternal " Treasurer , " or President ) sought throughout care by the England for skilled artisans and husbandmen , and Company in shipped to Virginia many hundred " servants . " Several cargoes of ...
... labor so much needed , Sandys ( the Paternal " Treasurer , " or President ) sought throughout care by the England for skilled artisans and husbandmen , and Company in shipped to Virginia many hundred " servants . " Several cargoes of ...
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