The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... territory . Colored facing 53. Western settlement , 1769–1784 54. A " Boone tree " • . 55. Daniel Boone at eighty - five ( the Harding portrait ) 56. The United States in 1783. State claims and cessions . Colored facing 251 57. Manasseh ...
... territory . Colored facing 53. Western settlement , 1769–1784 54. A " Boone tree " • . 55. Daniel Boone at eighty - five ( the Harding portrait ) 56. The United States in 1783. State claims and cessions . Colored facing 251 57. Manasseh ...
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... territory and of authority over future settlers . Thus the English colonies ( with a few accidental exceptions , which will be noticed ) were at first proprietary . The proprietor might be an individual or an English corporation . In ...
... territory and of authority over future settlers . Thus the English colonies ( with a few accidental exceptions , which will be noticed ) were at first proprietary . The proprietor might be an individual or an English corporation . In ...
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... Territorial Spaniards on the south and the French on the grants north . This made a tract about 800 miles long , reaching from the 34th to the 45th parallel . Within this territory , each Company was to have a district 100 miles along ...
... Territorial Spaniards on the south and the French on the grants north . This made a tract about 800 miles long , reaching from the 34th to the 45th parallel . Within this territory , each Company was to have a district 100 miles along ...
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... territory of the Company was extended . It was made to reach along the coast each way 200 miles from Point Comfort , and " up into the land throughout from sea to sea , west and northwest . " 2. The authority before kept by the king was ...
... territory of the Company was extended . It was made to reach along the coast each way 200 miles from Point Comfort , and " up into the land throughout from sea to sea , west and northwest . " 2. The authority before kept by the king was ...
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... territory ( p . 53 ) . Some small trading stations , also , were established under such grants ; and in 1623 there came a more ambitious attempt . Robert Gorges , son of the most active member of the Plymouth Council , was granted lands ...
... territory ( p . 53 ) . Some small trading stations , also , were established under such grants ; and in 1623 there came a more ambitious attempt . Robert Gorges , son of the most active member of the Plymouth Council , was granted lands ...
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