The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... settlers . — American history has no primitive period . The earliest colonists had command enough over nature not to be con- trolled by her to any such degree as were the early Greeks or Latins or the primitive English in their old home ...
... settlers . — American history has no primitive period . The earliest colonists had command enough over nature not to be con- trolled by her to any such degree as were the early Greeks or Latins or the primitive English in their old home ...
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... , Narra- gansetts , Pequods , Mohegans , and indeed nearly all the tribes with which the early English settlers came in con- tact . The third group , the Iroquois Confederacy ,. An Algonkin village (from Beverly's Virginia, 1701)
... , Narra- gansetts , Pequods , Mohegans , and indeed nearly all the tribes with which the early English settlers came in con- tact . The third group , the Iroquois Confederacy ,. An Algonkin village (from Beverly's Virginia, 1701)
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... settler , were really kinder to him than to his rivals . " Indian corn " and tobacco In various ways , too , the ... settlers to plant both corn ( maize ) and tobacco- the two native prod- ucts of supreme value in the early period ...
... settler , were really kinder to him than to his rivals . " Indian corn " and tobacco In various ways , too , the ... settlers to plant both corn ( maize ) and tobacco- the two native prod- ucts of supreme value in the early period ...
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... settlers ' debt to the natives . Colonies too far north to raise tobacco found their first wealth in furs , obtained mainly from native hunters . Indian tributions wampum at times made an important part of from the colonial money ...
... settlers ' debt to the natives . Colonies too far north to raise tobacco found their first wealth in furs , obtained mainly from native hunters . Indian tributions wampum at times made an important part of from the colonial money ...
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... settlers were either unprogressive peasants or reckless adventurers . For the most part they did not bring families , and they remained un- married or chose Indian wives . Agriculture was the only basis for a permanent colony ; but ...
... settlers were either unprogressive peasants or reckless adventurers . For the most part they did not bring families , and they remained un- married or chose Indian wives . Agriculture was the only basis for a permanent colony ; but ...
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