The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... later , brought hundreds of the noblest of Englishmen to the rescue of the enterprise . Motives of So far we have looked only at the motives of Englishmen who stayed at home and there helped the colo- to promote American colonization ...
... later , brought hundreds of the noblest of Englishmen to the rescue of the enterprise . Motives of So far we have looked only at the motives of Englishmen who stayed at home and there helped the colo- to promote American colonization ...
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... later attempts , and led for a time to disastrous neglect of the right sort of work . Still the mo- tive was a proper one . It calls for no sneer . It was the same desire to better one's condition , which , in a later century , lured ...
... later attempts , and led for a time to disastrous neglect of the right sort of work . Still the mo- tive was a proper one . It calls for no sneer . It was the same desire to better one's condition , which , in a later century , lured ...
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... later by three days , Jamestown would have been another failure , to count with Raleigh's at Roanoke . Meantime , the year 1609 had seen a remark- The charters of 1609 and 1612 able outburst of enthusiasm in England in behalf of the ...
... later by three days , Jamestown would have been another failure , to count with Raleigh's at Roanoke . Meantime , the year 1609 had seen a remark- The charters of 1609 and 1612 able outburst of enthusiasm in England in behalf of the ...
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... later King Charles warned the Virginians not to " build on smoke . " Tobacco , however , found a steady sale in Europe at high prices ; and before 1624 Virginians knew they had found a paying industry . Thereafter the colony needed no ...
... later King Charles warned the Virginians not to " build on smoke . " Tobacco , however , found a steady sale in Europe at high prices ; and before 1624 Virginians knew they had found a paying industry . Thereafter the colony needed no ...
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... later , the King restored Harvey for a time ; but replaced him , in 1639 , by the liberal Wyatt . Then , in 1641 , Sir William Berkeley was sent over as gov- ernor . He had been an ardent royalist in England ; so his first Assembly ...
... later , the King restored Harvey for a time ; but replaced him , in 1639 , by the liberal Wyatt . Then , in 1641 , Sir William Berkeley was sent over as gov- ernor . He had been an ardent royalist in England ; so his first Assembly ...
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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...