American Farmers' MovementsVan Nostrand, 1957 - 192 pages |
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Page 24
... force of 300 volunteers , placing the young Nathaniel Bacon , only three years out of England , in charge . With no commission from the government , Bacon set out on his punitive mission , but all except sixty of his men turned back ...
... force of 300 volunteers , placing the young Nathaniel Bacon , only three years out of England , in charge . With no commission from the government , Bacon set out on his punitive mission , but all except sixty of his men turned back ...
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... force - more men than Washing- ton had ever commanded alone during the Revolution and more than the number of men of military age in all the disaffected region - was Hamilton's idea . A thousand men would have been more than an ample force ...
... force - more men than Washing- ton had ever commanded alone during the Revolution and more than the number of men of military age in all the disaffected region - was Hamilton's idea . A thousand men would have been more than an ample force ...
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... force the execution of legal process . The difficulties assumed so threatening an aspect that the Governor found himself compelled to call out a mili- tary force . ... · The Governor · speaking of the tenures by which the 130 AMERICAN ...
... force the execution of legal process . The difficulties assumed so threatening an aspect that the Governor found himself compelled to call out a mili- tary force . ... · The Governor · speaking of the tenures by which the 130 AMERICAN ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
Revolts of Indian Farmers | 11 |
Movements of Colonists | 18 |
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