The Great Republic: A History of the American People, Volum 1D.C. Heath and Company, 1992 - 656 sider The Great Republic aims to narrate and interpret American history around a central structure of several overarching themes: the reconciling of majority and minority interests in governing the body politic; the relations between America and the outer world; and the role of ideas in shaping American society and institutions. |
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... land relative to the available labor . The situation in the American colonies was entirely different . From the beginning the great attraction had been the availability of free or cheap land , and that attraction had not proved false ...
... land relative to the available labor . The situation in the American colonies was entirely different . From the beginning the great attraction had been the availability of free or cheap land , and that attraction had not proved false ...
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... land , and the fact that it was ancestral Indian land made little difference . In 1828 , when the Cherokees adopted a constitution and claimed sovereign jurisdiction over their own territory , Georgia declared them to be mere tenants on ...
... land , and the fact that it was ancestral Indian land made little difference . In 1828 , when the Cherokees adopted a constitution and claimed sovereign jurisdiction over their own territory , Georgia declared them to be mere tenants on ...
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... land was in the Sea Islands of South Carolina , which Union troops had overrun in the fall of 1861. Although speculators bought up large amounts of this land during the war , many black residents were able to secure small holdings ...
... land was in the Sea Islands of South Carolina , which Union troops had overrun in the fall of 1861. Although speculators bought up large amounts of this land during the war , many black residents were able to secure small holdings ...
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