The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... sent forth the most zealous of missionaries , like the heroic Marquette , to convert the savages . These two mighty motives , patriotism and missionary zeal , played a greater part in founding New France than in establishing either ...
... sent forth the most zealous of missionaries , like the heroic Marquette , to convert the savages . These two mighty motives , patriotism and missionary zeal , played a greater part in founding New France than in establishing either ...
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... sent over by the French king . " It is of the greatest importance , " wrote one official , “ that the people should not be at liberty to speak their minds . " And the people had no minds to speak . In 1672 , Frontenac , the greatest ...
... sent over by the French king . " It is of the greatest importance , " wrote one official , “ that the people should not be at liberty to speak their minds . " And the people had no minds to speak . In 1672 , Frontenac , the greatest ...
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... sent three expeditions to Roanoke Island on the Caro- lina coast , each time in considerable fleets . His first ex- plorers declared the new land " the most plentiful , sweet , fruitful , and wholesome of all the world , " and the ...
... sent three expeditions to Roanoke Island on the Caro- lina coast , each time in considerable fleets . His first ex- plorers declared the new land " the most plentiful , sweet , fruitful , and wholesome of all the world , " and the ...
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... sent ships from time to time to search for the lost colonists , he could make no further at- tempt at settlement . Still , despite their failures , Gilbert and Raleigh are the fathers of American colonization . The tremendous and ...
... sent ships from time to time to search for the lost colonists , he could make no further at- tempt at settlement . Still , despite their failures , Gilbert and Raleigh are the fathers of American colonization . The tremendous and ...
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... sent out , in three small vessels , a more successful expedi- tion to " southern Virginia . " The 104 colonists reached the Chesapeake in the spring of 1607 , and planted Jamestown on the banks of a pleasant river flowing into the south ...
... sent out , in three small vessels , a more successful expedi- tion to " southern Virginia . " The 104 colonists reached the Chesapeake in the spring of 1607 , and planted Jamestown on the banks of a pleasant river flowing into the south ...
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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...