The Process of American History: Early AmericaPaul W. Glad |
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Page 43
... land system in provincial Amer- ica became increasingly related to eco- nomic enterprise rather than to indi- vidual or group needs . Land rather than being primarily an instrument of settlement became an investment and , Reprinted from ...
... land system in provincial Amer- ica became increasingly related to eco- nomic enterprise rather than to indi- vidual or group needs . Land rather than being primarily an instrument of settlement became an investment and , Reprinted from ...
Page 44
... land either around the settled communities or on the frontier , in either case a dramatic modification of the town system effectively used in the original settlements . The distribution of frontier land in eighteenth - century New ...
... land either around the settled communities or on the frontier , in either case a dramatic modification of the town system effectively used in the original settlements . The distribution of frontier land in eighteenth - century New ...
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... land in Pennsylvania cheaper but a clear title was easy to obtain . More- over , the new arrivals frequently set- tled on the frontier land owned by the Penn family , on the presumption that possession was nine tenths of the law . In ...
... land in Pennsylvania cheaper but a clear title was easy to obtain . More- over , the new arrivals frequently set- tled on the frontier land owned by the Penn family , on the presumption that possession was nine tenths of the law . In ...
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