The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... rule , a colony found it about as convenient to communi- cate with England as with its neighbor on either side . vantages : compact and acces- sible terri- tory But geography did give the English colonists two advan- tages over their ...
... rule , a colony found it about as convenient to communi- cate with England as with its neighbor on either side . vantages : compact and acces- sible terri- tory But geography did give the English colonists two advan- tages over their ...
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... rule , too , colonization was built upon the slavery of the natives , and the conquerors mixed their blood with this enslaved popu- lation until their own nationality was lost . In the north , the French came into conflict with the ...
... rule , too , colonization was built upon the slavery of the natives , and the conquerors mixed their blood with this enslaved popu- lation until their own nationality was lost . In the north , the French came into conflict with the ...
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... Rule . Upon this plot of ground we got good store of Mussels and Oysters , which lay upon the ground as thicke as stones : wee opened some and found in many of them Pearles [ ! ] . . . We passed through excellent ground full of Flowers ...
... Rule . Upon this plot of ground we got good store of Mussels and Oysters , which lay upon the ground as thicke as stones : wee opened some and found in many of them Pearles [ ! ] . . . We passed through excellent ground full of Flowers ...
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... rule the colony in all re- spects . 3. A more efficient govern- ment was provided in the colony . There was no hint yet of self - government . The Company in England made all laws and appointed all officers for the colony . But the ...
... rule the colony in all re- spects . 3. A more efficient govern- ment was provided in the colony . There was no hint yet of self - government . The Company in England made all laws and appointed all officers for the colony . But the ...
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... rule , it was not unnatural Yeardley in that they should at once grant a large measure of self - government to the Englishmen across the Atlantic , over whom they themselves ruled . Sir George Yeardley was sent out as governor , and a ...
... rule , it was not unnatural Yeardley in that they should at once grant a large measure of self - government to the Englishmen across the Atlantic , over whom they themselves ruled . Sir George Yeardley was sent out as governor , and a ...
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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...