A Century of ExpansionMacmillan, 1903 - 316 pages |
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... actual acquisi- tion of new lands by the United States began only a century ago , in the purchase of the Louisiana territory from France . The processes and condi- tions which led to it , and which made it not only possible but ...
... actual acquisi- tion of new lands by the United States began only a century ago , in the purchase of the Louisiana territory from France . The processes and condi- tions which led to it , and which made it not only possible but ...
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... actual possession that he sent the Ohio Company forth in the winter of 1750-51 , across the mountains , into the valleys of the Ohio and Miami , to build a fort at the point where the Alleghany and Monongahela rivers unite to form the ...
... actual possession that he sent the Ohio Company forth in the winter of 1750-51 , across the mountains , into the valleys of the Ohio and Miami , to build a fort at the point where the Alleghany and Monongahela rivers unite to form the ...
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... actual work in hand far different . The goal was not now the banks of the Shen- andoah , but the headwaters of the Ohio . It was not the languid season of autumn , but that of opening and inspiring spring , when the blood of the warrior ...
... actual work in hand far different . The goal was not now the banks of the Shen- andoah , but the headwaters of the Ohio . It was not the languid season of autumn , but that of opening and inspiring spring , when the blood of the warrior ...
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... meet them . It was on May 28 that the actual impact came . Tradition tells us that Washington not only gave the command to fire but himself set the example with a musket , firing the first shot in the THE OPENING OF THE DOOR 25.
... meet them . It was on May 28 that the actual impact came . Tradition tells us that Washington not only gave the command to fire but himself set the example with a musket , firing the first shot in the THE OPENING OF THE DOOR 25.
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... actual occupation was effected . Second , there was the settlement of Kentucky and Tennessee . Third , there was the forcible conquest of Illinois , Indiana , and Ohio . Fourth , there was the success of the Revolutionary War . And 56 A ...
... actual occupation was effected . Second , there was the settlement of Kentucky and Tennessee . Third , there was the forcible conquest of Illinois , Indiana , and Ohio . Fourth , there was the success of the Revolutionary War . And 56 A ...
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Page 238 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 261 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 103 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved; that the Mates which compose it are free from their moral obligations ; and that as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably, if they can; violently, if they must.
Page 129 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Page 157 - Resolved, That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.
Page 236 - In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Page 75 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of threeeighths of our territory must pass to market...
Page 92 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 229 - Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union. Its commanding position with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West India seas...
Page 235 - The near future will demonstrate whether the indispensable condition of a righteous peace, just alike to the Cubans and to Spain, as well as equitable to all our interests so intimately involved in the welfare of Cuba, is likely to be attained. If not, the exigency of further and other action by the United States will remain to be taken.