Patterns in American History, Volume 1Alexander DeConde, Armin Rappaport, William R. Steckel |
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... territory for its own , that a well - concerted movement of Indians might without much difficulty have swept back its white population of one hundred thousand toward the ocean or across the Savannah River . The Indian power had been ...
... territory for its own , that a well - concerted movement of Indians might without much difficulty have swept back its white population of one hundred thousand toward the ocean or across the Savannah River . The Indian power had been ...
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... territory , people viewed suspiciously the opera- tions of Taylor , Wool , Kearny . Stockton and Stevenson , threw up their hands , and exclaimed , " Conquest ! " ' as if the ground they stood upon and half the world besides had not ...
... territory , people viewed suspiciously the opera- tions of Taylor , Wool , Kearny . Stockton and Stevenson , threw up their hands , and exclaimed , " Conquest ! " ' as if the ground they stood upon and half the world besides had not ...
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... territory should be taken from Mexico , and that while it would be " desirable " to have the Texas boundary settled and our claims paid , we should always be ready to make terms that would leave Mexican honor " inviolate . " Here was ...
... territory should be taken from Mexico , and that while it would be " desirable " to have the Texas boundary settled and our claims paid , we should always be ready to make terms that would leave Mexican honor " inviolate . " Here was ...
Contents
THE GEOGRAPHIC SETTING | 1 |
John B Brebner The Patterns of the Continent | 10 |
Semple The Rivers and the Appalachian Barrier | 17 |
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